Why Are Grocery Prices Still Rising? New Study Says Washington Is Targeting the Wrong Problem
Wayne H Winegarden
August 3, 2026
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
Pacific Research Institute
July 13, 2026
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.
Homeowners’ underinsurance and why it happens
Patrick Wolff
September 29, 2026
In the aftermath of the 2025 Palisades and Eaton fires, thousands of homeowners learned a terrible fact that compounded their tragedy. Although they had intended to insure themselves sufficiently to rebuild, their coverage was inadequate to the need. This hidden ...
Want cheaper health insurance? Don’t kill HSAs
Sally C. Pipes
September 28, 2026
A new study from Georgetown University offers a three-part strategy for cutting health insurance costs — a worthwhile goal if there ever was one. Remarkably, the plan would effectively eliminate one of the most powerful tools for constraining health spending ...
Who really won the Paramount-Warner Bros. spat?
Kerry Jackson
September 25, 2026
The federal government cleared the deal in June after a “rigorous eight-month investigation” led by the U.S. Justice Department Antitrust Division’s career staff – concluding the merger was unlikely to restrain competition or harm consumers. Overseas regulators representing 68 jurisdictions also approved the merger. ...
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