PERS battle puts Oregon Speaker Tina Kotek at Ground Zero

... How she handles it could well determine her political future. So far, Kotek has kept her foot on the air hose of the pension debate. She gave her early blessing to Senate Bill 822 , a Public Employees Retirement System reform measure crafted by ...

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