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Opinion  |  Bill Crawford  • 
May 28, 2023

PEER report on PERS more bold than usual

As found by the Barbour commission, PERS became structurally unsound in 2002 when the Legislature completed raising benefits without providing a funding mechanism. Incorrect estimates of retiree numbers, active employees, salary increases, inflation, and the fixed COLA have conflated the problem. The funding gap has now exceeded $20 billion. Simply pecking at it with rate increases won’t fix it.
Opinion  |  Buzz Brockway  • 
May 28, 2023

Utah’s ‘One Door’ Policy Shows the Way Forward on Safety-Net Reforms

With the one door model, a person looking for assistance is connected to a single point of contact, whose job is to help that person find the services and support they need to get back on their feet. This point of contact is an advocate and ally who will help the recipient achieve their goals.