May 2, 2022 | 2022 Research, Featured Research, Recent Research, State Budget
PERA’s current unfunded liability is $31 billion. This is one indicator of PERA’s funding status as it measures the difference between projected benefit demands, and the assets (current fund balance + future expected returns) that have been collected to cover those benefits.
May 7, 2021 | 2021 Podcasts, Podcast
Join us as we unpack Colorado’s Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) which contains more than $30 billion of unfunded liability, which represents a potential disaster for Colorado taxpayers.
May 6, 2021 | 2021 Research, Featured Research, Recent Research, Research, State Budget
Common Sense Institute, REASON Foundation and Secure Futures Colorado researches the impacts of using state funds to apply a one-time supplemental payment of $500 million to PERA.
Apr 8, 2021 | 2021 Research, Jobs & Our Economy, Recent Research, Research, State Budget
Common Sense Institute analyzes both the federal and Colorado state governments relief bills in response to the economic impacts associated with COVID-19, and provide recommendations for ways to set up Colorado for long-term growth.
Mar 2, 2018 | 2018 Research, State Budget
How to build on proposals from Colorado PERA and Governor Hickenlooper to eliminate unfunded liabilities and reduce burdens on state, local and school budgets – A study conducted by the REMI Partnership