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Public retirement board votes to oppose Rep. Jim Kerr’s bill
PERA board members voted unanimously last week to oppose legislation that would radically restructure the board. PERA’s executive director, Meredith Williams, said that contrary to some accusations, PERA is one of the leanest run, most efficient programs in the world and that changing the board would have no effect on legislatively mandated benefits.
Beetle-kill wildfire bill moves on as Scanlan, Gibbs lobby feds
The biggest no-brainer piece of legislation the state’s 67th General Assembly will like see this session, the Community Wildfire Protection Plan (or SB 1), easily passed out of the House on Wednesday, even as its co-sponsor, Rep. Christine Scanlan (D-Dillon) headed to Washington seeking federal funds to combat the beetle-kill epidemic.
Rx Drug Cost Relief Bill Approved By Senate
A bill that will allow some Coloradans to purchase low-cost prescription drugs is on its way to Gov. Ritter's desk after being passed in...