Senate Clears Way For Retiree COLA BOISE, ID (idaho) - If you are a retired teacher, a firefighter or a city worker and depend on PERSI you will be getting a 1 percent cost of living increase after all. A House passed resolution to scuttle the increase is stalled in a senate committee. Boise State Radio's Don Wimberly has more on that story © Copyright 2012, idaho