You’re Next: New PRI Study Finds Wealth Taxes May Start with Billionaires, But Average Families Could Pay the Price
SACRAMENTO – A new Pacific Research Institute study released today finds that average Californians could ultimately bear significant economic costs from a wealth tax – through fewer job opportunities, weaker income growth and increased fiscal pressure that could eventually reach ...
NEW PRI Book Tells Stories of Students, Parents and Educators Fighting Back Against DEI
SACRAMENTO – Students, parents, teachers, school board members and college professors across the country are challenging controversial so-called diversity, equity and inclusion policies (DEI) and winning. Their stories are at the heart of a new book released today by the ...
Healthcare Fraud Doesn’t Just Cost Taxpayers. It Hurts Patients.
On October 22, the U.S. Department of Justice announced charges against 15 people in Southern California accused of submitting more than $1.8 billion in fraudulent claims to government healthcare programs and private insurers. The alleged schemes included exploiting vulnerable people ...
Salt Lake City considers zoning update to boost housing
Last month, the city’s planning commission unanimously advanced the “Expanding Housing Options” proposal to update the city’s zoning code for R-1 districts (single-family neighborhoods). In addition to simplifying the zoning code, the proposal would legalize a range of “small lot ...
Halloween candy is putting the trick in treats this year
Not even the sweetest night of the year is immune to inflation. According to the Federal Reserve Bank, the cost of Halloween candy has outpaced overall inflation in the United States by more than double between 2025 and 2026. The ...
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PRI Warns Proposed COINS Act Rule Could Undermine America’s Medical Innovation Leadership
Yesterday, the Treasury Department issued a proposed rule implementing the Comprehensive Outbound Investment National Security (COINS) Act, which restricts certain U.S. investments in China and ...
Peptide Dangers Result in Hospitalizations
The peptide market has raced far ahead of both the science and the safeguards meant to protect patients. Federal regulators need to take the explosion ...
The Dead Do Tell a Tale.
For years, criminal-justice reformers treated fewer arrests, prosecutions and people behind bars as measures of success. Proposition 47 embodied that philosophy. Drug possession and some ...
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