Governor Kitzhaber’s budget proposal takes aim at PERS, slimming down prisons and a little luck from an improving economy
Governor John Kitzhaber, trying to wring out more funds for K-12 education over the next two fiscal years, is taking aim at rapidly rising costs for PERS retirees benefits and slimming down state prison costs (among others) to do it. The Oregonian was covering his budget message today in Salem. Click here.