State pension plan weathers tough year

The pension fund that covers Colorado teachers paid out about $1 billion more than it took in last year, legislators were told Monday.

The pension fund that covers Colorado teachers paid out about $1 billion more than it took in last year, legislators were told Monday.

One of the main 2012 bills intended to raise college completion rates has been signed, and another is nearing the finish line

The bill that would change the way Public Employees’ Retirement Association pensions are calculated is on its way to an uncertain fate in the state Senate.

The much-amended bill to ease zero-tolerance school discipline policies was passed by the Senate Education Committee Thursday.

A chaotic day for education bills at the Colorado legislature ended with just one noteworthy bill passed and much work left over for later.

Several significant pieces of education legislation were introduced in the Senate Tuesday, covering such issues as charter schools and coordination of early childhood services.

An emotional hearing on the undocumented student tuition bill was the highlight of a busy day at the Capitol Thursday.

A revised “parent trigger” bill is among the latest batch of education bills introduced in the Colorado legislature.

A bill to limit campaign contributions in school board races got a hearing Thursday but won’t get a vote for a week.

The Public Employees’ Retirement Association had a profitable investing year in 2010 but still is feeling a hangover from the market plunge in 2008.