Colorado government employees will see their first pay increases in four years when they get their latest paychecks Wednesday, a sign that the state is continuing its economic recovery after the recession.

With trillions of dollars at stake nationwide, a dispute is raging over how best to calculate pension values, leaving school districts, municipalities, states and public employee groups to wonder whether they're at risk.

Provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that go into effect Sept. 9 have many pension funds concerned, perhaps unnecessarily.

A review of immigrant outreach attempts by those creating the marketing materials for the Oregon and Washington state exchanges turns up less-than-ideal results.