Health-care reform, budgets, PERA all under discussion in Northern Colorado

Northern Colorado will be a hotbed for public policy discussion in the coming days, with visits from a senator, the governor and public pension representatives.

U.S. Senator Michael Bennet will start off Thursday morning with an address at the Northern Colorado Legislative Alliance breakfast. Bennet, who is expected to address health-care reform and national fiscal health, is slated to speak for 45 minutes followed by a question-and-answer period. The event will be held from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Gates Conference Room on the McWhinney campus in Loveland, 2725 Rocky Mountain Ave., Suite 420. The cost is $20 for chamber…