Leading Business Organizations Call on Lawmakers to Pass Responsible PERA Reforms

DENVER, CO –  Today, Colorado’s most prominent business organizations issued an open letter to lawmakers urging responsible reforms to PERA.

“The failure to rein in benefit costs and ever-increasing taxpayer-funded contributions from school districts, state agencies and local governments will send Colorado down the path of states like Illinois, where public pensions consume one quarter of the state budget,” warn leaders signing the letter.

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