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Public Employees

August 24, 2010 City workers are feeling the pain - Colorado Springs Gazette
August 20, 2010 Aurora firefighter pensions may be put to a vote - Denver Post
August 6, 2010 City employees may pay more for health benefits - Colorado Springs Gazette
July 24, 2010 Editorial: Speaker alleges "plunder" by public employees - Colorado Springs Gazette
May 28, 2010 State pays full-time benefits to part-time employees - Gran Junction Sentinel
May 24, 2010 Aurora may make police and fire pay cuts - Denver Post
May 13, 2010 Amendment proposed to "cement" Union's ability to take dues from state workers' checks - The Denver Post
April 25, 2010 City employees find greener pastures - CS Independent
April 25, 2010 Follow the bouncing bureaucrat - Grand Junction Sentinel
April 5, 2010 Pueblo County jobs still attract applicants, despite lack of pay parity - Pueblo Chieftain
March 3, 2010 Chieftain backs pay cuts for public workers - Pueblo Chieftain
March 2, 2010 City salaries an issue in Aurora too - Denver Daily News
March 1, 2010 County employees brainstorm about budget cuts - Pueblo Chieftain
March 1, 2010 Chieftain takes closer look at county pay - Pueblo Chieftain
March 1, 2010 Pueblo city employees average $58,000 per year in pay - Pueblo Chieftain
February 28, 2010 Effort to trim state payroll fails - Denver Post
February 25, 2010 Editorial: PERA "fix" does only half the job - Pueblo Chieftain
February 17, 2010 PERA reforms on the brink of approval - Pueblo Chieftain
February 2, 2010 Editorial: City employees must also share the pain - Springs Gazette
February 2, 2010 Pueblo County workers revolt over furloughs - Pueblo Chieftain
February 2, 2010 Editorial: PERA "fix" doesn't go far enough - Pueblo Chieftain
January 27, 2010 PERA reform fast out of the starting gate - Pueblo Chieftain
January 26, 2010 PERA reform won't come without pain - Pueblo Chieftain
January 9, 2010 Editorial: More parity in PERA funding needed - Pueblo Chieftain
December 27, 2009 Editorial: "Plus one" plan the right thing to do - Colorado Springs Gazette
December 24, 2009 City stops paying double time - Colorado Springs Gazette
November 29, 2009 Editorial: PERA participants need to pay their own way - Pueblo Chieftain
November 21, 2009 County tackles pension fund time issue - Colorado Springs Gazette
November 2, 2009 State payroll grows despite Ritter's hiring freeze - TheDenverChannel.com
November 1, 2009 PERA rescue plan unveiled - Durango Herald
October 31, 2009 Denver poised for layoffs - Denver Post
October 27, 2009 Noreen: Don't shoot the messenger on city salary info - Colorado Springs Gazette
October 27, 2009 Ritter to furlough state workers - Associated Press
October 25, 2009 Editorial: Database reveals secrets of city payroll - Colorado Springs Gazette
October 24, 2009 Gazette does expose on city salaries - Colorado Springs Gazette
October 18, 2009 PERA "fix" will cost workers more - Denver Post
October 3, 2009 Many city employees may opt for early retirement - Colorado Springs Gazette
September 26, 2009 Editorial. Budget woes will require trimming of state payroll - Denver Post
September 25, 2009 Aspen city workers get nice perk: subsidized housing - Aspen Times
September 17, 2009 State employees told to stop pumping premium - 9news.com
September 10, 2009 Government vehicles parade pro-Obama signs - Boulder Camera
August 28, 2009 Ritter corrects projected staff cuts - Denver Post
August 23, 2009 But then we'll have their pensions to pay for - Colorado Springs Gazette
August 22, 2009 Editorial: Gallagher makes sense on need for city pay cuts - Colorado Springs Gazette
August 13, 2009 Time Bomb Tour makes stop in Colorado Springs - Colorado Springs Gazette
August 9, 2009 No belt-tightening evident for Boulder city workers - Boulder Camera
July 27, 2009 Column: No painless way to defuse PERA time bomb - Denver Post
July 19, 2009 Ritter's hiring freeze has fatal thaws - Denver Post
July 17, 2009 Pueblo County says vehicle fleet saves money - Pueblo Chieftain
July 16, 2009 County defends employee bonuses paid out while it cries poor - Colorado Springs Gazette
July 15, 2009 Editorial: Taxpayer bailout of pension fund should be "last resort" - Grand Junction Sentinel
July 15, 2009 Boulder city employees fight staff cuts - Boulder Camera
July 14, 2009 PERA pension bomb ticking louder - The Denver Post
July 13, 2009 Editorial: State furlough policy seems designed to inflict pain - Colorado Springs Gazette
June 15, 2009 Editorial: State needs solid data for salary survey - Denver Post
June 14, 2009 State employees get paid very well - Denver Post
May 26, 2009 Pension time bomb just got bigger - Denver Post
April 5, 2009 PERA on unsustainable course, but no reason to panic, says director - Durango Herald
April 3, 2009 PERA blob continues to grow - Denver Business Journal
March 10, 2009 Editorial: One pension time bomb is better than two? - Denver Post
March 5, 2009 Public employees get preferences on affordable housing - Aspen Times
February 24, 2009 Gourmet-eating city employees give City Hall heartburn - Aspen Times
February 12, 2009 Editorial: Pension problems need to be confronted ASAP - Denver Post
February 6, 2009 Column: PERA's leaders should be fired for mismanagement - Denver Post
February 3, 2009 Column: Crisis presents opportunity for PERA reform - Rocky Mountain News
February 1, 2009 Bidding on DOC headquarters fair, but unspecified rules violations alleged - Pueblo Chieftain
January 29, 2009 Hillman: Get taxpayers off the PERA gravy train - Rocky Mountain News
January 27, 2009 Editorial: Pension crisis demands action ASAP - Rocky Mountain News
January 17, 2009 Editorial: Auto-pilot "merit payments" don't make sense - Denver Post
January 16, 2009 Ritter's hiring "freeze" turns out to be a Fudgsicle - Denver Post
January 16, 2009 Mayday! Mayday! It's going down! - Denver Post
January 16, 2009 Editorial: Ritter's hiring freeze is all wet - Denver Post
January 2, 2009 Denver used private investigator to bust public employees - Rocky Mountain News
December 27, 2008 Ritter continues to push review of DOC headquarters decision - Pueblo Chieftain
December 13, 2008 The trials and travails of public employees - Rocky Mountain News
December 7, 2008 DOC headquarters decision under review in Denver - Colorado Springs Gazette
December 5, 2008 Ritter steps into DOC headquarters controversy - Pueblo Chieftain
December 5, 2008 Editorial: Ritter right to review DOC decision - Pueblo Chieftain
December 1, 2008 Chieftain keeps beating war drums on DOC headquarters issue - Pueblo Chieftain
November 30, 2008 Stabilizing public employees pension fund won't be cheap or easy - Denver Post
November 25, 2008 County pension fund sinking fast - Colorado Springs Gazette
November 25, 2008 Pueblo presses effort to steal DOC headquarters - Colorado Springs Gazette
November 24, 2008 Boulder keeps its "urban wildlife conservation coordinator" busy - Denver Post
November 22, 2008 PERA pension fund in peril - Associated Press
November 22, 2008 Editorial: Action needed to shore up PERA pension plan - Rocky Mountain News
November 18, 2008 Editorial: Legislators need to address PERA pension problems - Rocky Mountain News
November 14, 2008 Editorial: Legislature should intervene in DOC siting decision - Pueblo Chieftain
November 14, 2008 DOC defends decision to stay in Springs - Pueblo Chieftain
November 12, 2008 Pueblo continues to challenge DOC headquarters decision - Pueblo Chieftain
November 7, 2008 El Paso County starts making cuts - Colorado Springs Gazette
October 31, 2008 Market downturn leaves "bigger hole" in state employee pension fund - Denver Post
October 24, 2008 Chieftain keeps beating war drums over DOC headquarters decision - Pueblo Chieftain
October 22, 2008 Life is no picnic for Pitkin County commissioners - Aspen Times
October 21, 2008 Market downturn takes bite out of public employee retirement accounts - Colorado Springs Gazette
October 18, 2008 Publisher spearheads effort to reverse DOC headquarters decision - Pueblo Chieftain
October 16, 2008 DOC to review protest on headquarters decision - Pueblo Chieftain
October 15, 2008 Corrections Department site selection decision called into question - Pueblo Chieftain
October 15, 2008 Canon City joins Pueblo in contesting DOC headquarters decision - Pueblo Chieftain
October 14, 2008 Editorial: Corrections Department siting decision a "kick in the teeth" to Pueblo - Pueblo Chieftain
October 9, 2008 Boulder city council has pay raise on the ballot - Boulder Camera
October 9, 2008 County already has "flex time" for workers, now mulls 4 day work week - Aspen Times
September 30, 2008 Facing budget crunch, city to cut 90 jobs - Colorado Springs Gazette
September 26, 2008 Pam Zubeck: City payroll has room for 4 new tax collectors - Colorado Springs Gazette
September 25, 2008 GOP calls for freeze in state hiring - Colorado Senate News
September 19, 2008 Pam Zubeck: The personal toll of cutting $2.6 million from city payroll - Colorado Springs Gazette
September 10, 2008 Editorial: Commissioner Bensberg a poster child for keeping term limits - Colorado Springs Gazette
September 5, 2008 Pam Zubeck: Generous police and firefighter pension plans have city facing a $58 million "unfunded liability" - Colorado Springs Gazette
September 5, 2008 County commissioners wave-off surprise plan to tamper with term limits - Colorado Springs Gazette
September 5, 2008 Editorial: Commissioners correct to reject invitation to term limit tampering - Colorado Springs Gazette
August 27, 2008 Nannies denied a pay raise in Aspen - Aspen Times
August 26, 2008 Aspen City Council unsure pay raise will fly - Aspen Times
August 23, 2008 Being a nanny is hard work -- and Aspen's City Council wants a pay hike - Aspen Times
July 22, 2008 Governor cool to 4-day work week for state workers . . . so far - Denver Post
July 21, 2008 Editorial: Shorter work week for state workers "worth exploring" - Denver Post
July 16, 2008 Legislator proposes 4 day work week for state employees - Denver Post
June 11, 2008 Ritter's folly: Colorado state workers poised for collective bargaining - Colorado Springs Gazette
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