Why Are Grocery Prices Still Rising? New Study Says Washington Is Targeting the Wrong Problem
SACRAMENTO – With grocery prices continuing to climb and Americans searching for answers, a new study released today by the Pacific Research Institute concludes that Washington is focusing on the wrong solution. While the Federal Trade Commission has launched an ...
Watch: Learn How California’s New Reforms Are Making it Easier to Build ADUs
Watch below as a Sacramento-area homeowner gives us a tour of her family’s newly-build ADU and learn how California’s new reforms are making it much easier to build new ADUs.
Use Trade Policy to Push Wealthy Nations to Pay More for Meds
President Trump just announced another round of agreements with pharmaceutical companies under his “most-favored-nation” drug pricing initiative. The nine new deals bring the total number of participating manufacturers to 26, covering nearly 90% of the branded-drug market. The campaign targets ...
Pensions devour California city budgets — and it’s likely to get worse
Pensions devour California city budgets — and it’s likely to get worse by John Seiler | September 11, 2026 In July, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System announced a preliminary 14.8% return for fiscal year 2025-26, the 12-month period that ...
A new name for a better way to buy health insurance
Federal officials just gave one of the most promising innovations in health insurance a badly needed name change. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has rebranded Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements — otherwise known as ICHRAs — as “CHOICE ...
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Senate Democrats are once again laying the groundwork for a federal public option. Last week, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and his fellow Democrats on the ...
Why the DSA’s Medicare-for-All dream threatens us with a real-life nightmare
Single-payer health care is back on the political agenda, pushed by Democratic Socialists and their leftist allies as the answer to Americans’ frustrations with private ...
Watch PRI’s Steve Smith on ABC 7 discussing falling Bay Area crime rates
Watch as PRI’s Steve Smith talks with ABC 7 News’ Cameron Bopp about the latest data showing violent crime rates are falling in the Bay ...
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