colorado public employee retirement association
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IN RESPONSE | Colorado’s PERA shouldn’t bank on the future of oil and gas
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RE: “Fossil-fuel divestment only would make things worse for hard-pressed PERA,” Aug. 7: By adopting a fossil-free portfolio strategy as has been urged, the Colorado Public Employees’ Retirement Association (PERA) would be doing right by its 560,000 members, ensuring steadier investment returns as the oil and gas industry faces continued uncertainty and decline. In a…
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Democrats continue to spoof alleged Stapleton absenteeism
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Colorado Democrats made it clear Wednesday they’d prefer Republican gubernatorial nominee Walker Stapleton eat lunch at his desk. A campaign fundraiser from noontime to 1:30 p.m. was too much for the party to tolerate, sending a press release and video about the alleged offense to the press. “Earlier today, we were wondering Where Is Walker?…
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Fossil-fuel divestment only would make things worse for hard-pressed PERA
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The debate over fossil fuel divestment is nothing new in Colorado. Across college campuses in the state, activists have pushed for schools to rid their endowments of fossil fuels holdings, calls which both the University of Colorado and the University of Denver have resisted due to the steep financial costs it would impose. Now we…
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LOMAX | Price of PERA bailout gouges Colorado taxpayers
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What is the purpose of state government: To provide basic services to the public, or ever-increasing amounts of money to pension funds? That’s the question Colorado taxpayers will be asking today, tomorrow and long into the future after the passage of SB-200, a reform-and-bailout bill for the state’s public pension system. Passed just minutes before…
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Governor needs to step up to the plate — especially on marijuana legislation
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The 2018 legislative session ended in a photo-finish on Wednesday night. At (literally) the eleventh hour, a number of critical bills made it through the statehouse, as lawmakers found hard-fought compromises to the session’s toughest issues. Fixes on transportation, PERA, and the Colorado Civil Rights Commission all came within the final 72 hours of the…
