PERS
The Public Employees' Retirement System of Nevada (PERS) is one of the state's most important public policy issues, but has largely remained under the radar.
As one of the largest consumers of tax dollars in the state, the fiscal health of PERS impacts everything from teacher salaries, the quality of public services received by Nevadans and much more.
The soaring cost of paying down the system’s multi-billion dollar deficit is frequently behind the push for higher taxes, even if officials are unwilling to advertise that fact.
Misinformation about Nevada PERS is commonplace among both legislators and the media, making the need for accurate information that much more important.
Read on to learn more!
Featured Articles
Nevada teachers the victims of lawmaker inaction on PERS
In a just-released analysis of teacher pension plans nationwide, the Public Employees’ Retirement System of Nevada (PERS) failed to receive a single passing mark in the categories of cost, fairness,…
News organizations need to stop misleading the public about PERS
A pernicious myth is being spread by some of Nevada’s news organizations about the financial health of PERS — erroneously suggesting the public should be unconcerned about a multi-billion dollar…
PERS debt triples to $40B if consultant's buried report is correct
While most financial experts are warning of future teacher shortages, decaying roads, higher taxes and cuts to public safety, members of the Public Employees’ Retirement System of Nevada (PERS) board…
Recent News
Something else you don't see in the private sector: cost-free retirement plans
Local government workers in Nevada have some of the nation’s richest retirement benefits — and they get it all without contributing a single dollar to their own pension plan. One…
Sleight-of-hand, intimidation used to make PERS the nation's richest plan
For Immediate Release Contact Robert Fellner, 702-222-0642 LAS VEGAS— A lawmaker received numerous threatening phone calls and emails from Vegas police officers after he suggested a slightly less generous pension…
How NVPERS, step by step, made Nevada government employees some of the nation's richest
To tell the tale of the troubles facing Nevada’s Public Employees’ Retirement System — and thus, also, the need for serious reform that now confronts the taxpayers of the Silver…
NPRI takes legal action after PERS intentionally evades transparency law
For Immediate Release Contact Michael Schaus, 702-222-0642 LAS VEGAS — Following a 2013 Nevada Supreme Court opinion, Nevada’s Public Employee Retirement System intentionally altered the way it maintained key…