The senate finance committee is set to hear a signature piece of Governor Bill Ritter's legislative agenda today. The bill aims to reform the public employee pension system, or PERA, to make it solvent. The pension fund has lost about 23 billion dollars since the start of the recession. Bente Birkeland reports from the statehouse in Denver.
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StoryCorps visited Colorado Springs for the month of June 2023 to record stories from members of the community. KRCC is airing excerpts of some of the interviews on the radio. Listen to the stories and see photos of the storytellers.
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