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Agriculture

Winners and Losers – March 26

Tim Anaya – Senior Director of Communications and PRI’s Sacramento Office Winners:  Californians Who Are 16+ – The wait is finally over. Californians who are 50 years of age or older will be eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccine starting on April 1, and Californians who are 16 years of ...
California

Wayne Winegarden Talks No Way Home on the Larry Conners Show

Wayne Winegarden, PRI’s senior director and economist joins the Larry Conners Show on KTRS St. Louis to discuss his new book No Way Home, on California’s homeless challenges and solutions cities and policymakers can take to help those in need. Winegarden is a co-author along with PRI’s Kerry Jackson, Christopher Rufo, and ...
Business & Economics

National Interest Quotes Wayne Winegarden on Biden Tax Plan

Joe Biden’s Big Tax Plan: 98% of Americans Won’t Pay More By Rachel Bucchino President Joe Biden has made it clear that he’s going to raise taxes for the most wealthy Americans—specifically, those making more than $400,000—while also pledging that Americans earning less than that income threshold “won’t see one single penny ...
California

The Bottom Line Interviews Lance Izumi on School Reopenings

Lance Izumi joins the Bottom Line with Roger Marsh to discuss his latest education brief, “The Road to Reopening.” Izumi breaks down the state of re-opening schools and getting students back in the classroom, what the most recent studies say about COVID-19 transmission in the classroom, and the role that ...
Health Care

Sally C. Pipes Mentioned in National Review Piece on “Personal Option”

Americans for Prosperity Releasing ‘Personal Option’ Health-Care Model at Odds with Dr. Big Brother By Jack Fowler With Senate Democrats ready to spring a health-care public-option bill in the coming weeks, while House Democrats are rallying behind a Medicare-for-all push, it comes fortuitously timed for Americans for Prosperity to launch the next phase ...
California

KSCO Interviews Wayne Winegarden on New Homeless Book “No Way Home”

PRI’s Wayne Winegarden and recent co-author of the new book about homelessness, No Way Home, joins KSCO in Santa Cruz, California, to talk about the focus of the book, challenges, and potential solutions of cities and policymakers. Click here to listen. Wayne’s segment begins at the 31:40 minute mark.  
California

The Threats to Charter Schools – PRI Sacramento Policy Conference

Despite the success of charter schools, they have come under attack on multiple fronts.  State lawmakers have enacted state laws that handicap the establishment of charter schools and their operation.  Additionally, charter school opponents have used the Covid-19 pandemic to exacerbate funding disparities between charter schools and traditional public schools.  ...
California

Wayne Winegarden Talks CA Homelessness, No Way Home Book on Hidden Truth Show

Watch PRI’s Wayne Winegarden, co-author of the new PRI book No Way Home (Encounter Books) discuss California’s homeless crisis with host Jim Breslo on the “Hidden Truth Show”
Blog

Winners and Losers – March 19

Tim Anaya, Senior Director of Communications and PRI’s Sacramento Office Winner: Mank – Director David Fincher, actor Gary Oldman, and the team behind the Netflix movie Mank (which I have seen and highly recommend) were the big winners this week when the 2021 Academy Award nominations were announced, snagging 10 ...
Business & Economics

Wayne Winegarden in the Wall-Street Journal, “Tidal Wave of ESG Funds Brings Profit to Wall Street”

Tidal Wave of ESG Funds Brings Profit to Wall Street By By Michael Wursthorn March 16, 2021 Sustainability has been good for Wall Street’s bottom line. Exchange-traded funds that explicitly focus on socially responsible investments have 43% higher fees than widely popular standard ETFs. The environmental, social, and governance funds’ ...
Agriculture

Winners and Losers – March 26

Tim Anaya – Senior Director of Communications and PRI’s Sacramento Office Winners:  Californians Who Are 16+ – The wait is finally over. Californians who are 50 years of age or older will be eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccine starting on April 1, and Californians who are 16 years of ...
California

Wayne Winegarden Talks No Way Home on the Larry Conners Show

Wayne Winegarden, PRI’s senior director and economist joins the Larry Conners Show on KTRS St. Louis to discuss his new book No Way Home, on California’s homeless challenges and solutions cities and policymakers can take to help those in need. Winegarden is a co-author along with PRI’s Kerry Jackson, Christopher Rufo, and ...
Business & Economics

National Interest Quotes Wayne Winegarden on Biden Tax Plan

Joe Biden’s Big Tax Plan: 98% of Americans Won’t Pay More By Rachel Bucchino President Joe Biden has made it clear that he’s going to raise taxes for the most wealthy Americans—specifically, those making more than $400,000—while also pledging that Americans earning less than that income threshold “won’t see one single penny ...
California

The Bottom Line Interviews Lance Izumi on School Reopenings

Lance Izumi joins the Bottom Line with Roger Marsh to discuss his latest education brief, “The Road to Reopening.” Izumi breaks down the state of re-opening schools and getting students back in the classroom, what the most recent studies say about COVID-19 transmission in the classroom, and the role that ...
Health Care

Sally C. Pipes Mentioned in National Review Piece on “Personal Option”

Americans for Prosperity Releasing ‘Personal Option’ Health-Care Model at Odds with Dr. Big Brother By Jack Fowler With Senate Democrats ready to spring a health-care public-option bill in the coming weeks, while House Democrats are rallying behind a Medicare-for-all push, it comes fortuitously timed for Americans for Prosperity to launch the next phase ...
California

KSCO Interviews Wayne Winegarden on New Homeless Book “No Way Home”

PRI’s Wayne Winegarden and recent co-author of the new book about homelessness, No Way Home, joins KSCO in Santa Cruz, California, to talk about the focus of the book, challenges, and potential solutions of cities and policymakers. Click here to listen. Wayne’s segment begins at the 31:40 minute mark.  
California

The Threats to Charter Schools – PRI Sacramento Policy Conference

Despite the success of charter schools, they have come under attack on multiple fronts.  State lawmakers have enacted state laws that handicap the establishment of charter schools and their operation.  Additionally, charter school opponents have used the Covid-19 pandemic to exacerbate funding disparities between charter schools and traditional public schools.  ...
California

Wayne Winegarden Talks CA Homelessness, No Way Home Book on Hidden Truth Show

Watch PRI’s Wayne Winegarden, co-author of the new PRI book No Way Home (Encounter Books) discuss California’s homeless crisis with host Jim Breslo on the “Hidden Truth Show”
Blog

Winners and Losers – March 19

Tim Anaya, Senior Director of Communications and PRI’s Sacramento Office Winner: Mank – Director David Fincher, actor Gary Oldman, and the team behind the Netflix movie Mank (which I have seen and highly recommend) were the big winners this week when the 2021 Academy Award nominations were announced, snagging 10 ...
Business & Economics

Wayne Winegarden in the Wall-Street Journal, “Tidal Wave of ESG Funds Brings Profit to Wall Street”

Tidal Wave of ESG Funds Brings Profit to Wall Street By By Michael Wursthorn March 16, 2021 Sustainability has been good for Wall Street’s bottom line. Exchange-traded funds that explicitly focus on socially responsible investments have 43% higher fees than widely popular standard ETFs. The environmental, social, and governance funds’ ...
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