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For Third Year in a Row, PRI Survey Finds Vast Majority of Americans Are Satisfied with their Health Coverage

For Third Year in a Row, PRI Survey Finds Vast Majority of Americans Are Satisfied with their Health Coverage Just 37% Support Government Health Care Takeover SACRAMENTO – For the third year in a row, an overwhelming majority of Americans say they are satisfied with their current health coverage, based ...
California

Erica Sandberg – San Francisco’s Homeless Crisis

Gov. Newsom recently ordered homeless encampments on property under the state’s jurisdiction to be cleared due to the Grants Pass Supreme Court decision that ruled that it is not cruel and unusual punishment to forbid people from camping on public property. This podcast is an audio version of Free Cities ...
Commentary

Read the latest on the 340B Drug Pricing Program

Reforming 340B to Serve the Interests of Patients, Not Institutions

By Anthony M. DiGiorgio, DO, MHA and Wayne Winegarden, PhD Enacted by the US Congress in 1992 to help entities serving lower-income and uninsured patients stretch their resources, the 340B Drug Pricing Program mandated drug companies give large discounts to covered entities (CEs). Judging the program on its outcomes, not its intentions, ...
Election

PRI’s Former Speechwriters on the Republican Convention

This week, PRI’s former speechwriters (Rowena Itchon, Lance Izumi, and Tim Anaya) give their take on the Republican National Convention. They analyze former President Trump’s speech, given just a few days after an assassination attempt. They also discuss vice presidential candidate JD Vance’s speech and weigh in on how well ...
Charter School

Lance Izumi – The Great Classroom Collapse

Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center for Education, joins us to discuss his latest book The Great Classroom Collapse, which investigates the implosion of rigor and learning in America’s schools. He shares the stories of some of the parents, teachers, and policymakers he profiles in the book and discusses ...
Book

New PRI Book Explores The Great Classroom Collapse Leaving Students Unprepared for College and the Workforce

SACRAMENTO – With student test scores showing that the academic performance of America’s school children in the basic subjects are at record lows, the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute today released The Great Classroom Collapse – a new book investigating the implosion of rigor and learning in schools nationwide and profiling ...
California

Chris Micheli – Is the Legislative Process Fueling Grassroots Activism or Acting as a Roadblock to Reform?

Longtime Sacramento lobbyist and law school professor Chris Micheli joins us to discuss his new book, The Complete Practical Guide to California Government.  They discuss areas of state government that need reform, recent controversies over the use of non-disclosure agreements in the legislative process and whether efforts to enact tax ...
Election

Former Speechwriters on the First Presidential Debate

Who won? Who helped themselves the most in the polls? PRI’s team of former speechwriters – Rowena Itchon, Lance Izumi, and Tim Anaya – analyze the First 2024 Presidential Debate. They discuss President Biden’s shockingly poor performance and whether President Trump learned his lessons from his 2020 debate mistakes, plus ...
Business & Economics

Professor Charles Kesler discusses former students book

Our guest this week is Charles Kesler, one of the nation’s most prominent political philosophers. He teaches government at Claremont McKenna and is the editor of the Claremont Review of Books. Prof. Kesler’s former students have produced a book celebrating his work entitled: “Leisure with Dignity: Essays in Celebration of ...
Crime

Watch the latest Free Cities Center video

WATCH: Are Crime and Homelessness Shifting San Francisco Right?

Do recent election results show a rightward shift in San Francisco? Join Free Cities Center’s Steven Greenhut as he visits the City by the Bay and talks with two experts about what’s really going on in the City. They discuss whether things are really as bad as some media outlets ...
Blog

For Third Year in a Row, PRI Survey Finds Vast Majority of Americans Are Satisfied with their Health Coverage

For Third Year in a Row, PRI Survey Finds Vast Majority of Americans Are Satisfied with their Health Coverage Just 37% Support Government Health Care Takeover SACRAMENTO – For the third year in a row, an overwhelming majority of Americans say they are satisfied with their current health coverage, based ...
California

Erica Sandberg – San Francisco’s Homeless Crisis

Gov. Newsom recently ordered homeless encampments on property under the state’s jurisdiction to be cleared due to the Grants Pass Supreme Court decision that ruled that it is not cruel and unusual punishment to forbid people from camping on public property. This podcast is an audio version of Free Cities ...
Commentary

Read the latest on the 340B Drug Pricing Program

Reforming 340B to Serve the Interests of Patients, Not Institutions

By Anthony M. DiGiorgio, DO, MHA and Wayne Winegarden, PhD Enacted by the US Congress in 1992 to help entities serving lower-income and uninsured patients stretch their resources, the 340B Drug Pricing Program mandated drug companies give large discounts to covered entities (CEs). Judging the program on its outcomes, not its intentions, ...
Election

PRI’s Former Speechwriters on the Republican Convention

This week, PRI’s former speechwriters (Rowena Itchon, Lance Izumi, and Tim Anaya) give their take on the Republican National Convention. They analyze former President Trump’s speech, given just a few days after an assassination attempt. They also discuss vice presidential candidate JD Vance’s speech and weigh in on how well ...
Charter School

Lance Izumi – The Great Classroom Collapse

Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center for Education, joins us to discuss his latest book The Great Classroom Collapse, which investigates the implosion of rigor and learning in America’s schools. He shares the stories of some of the parents, teachers, and policymakers he profiles in the book and discusses ...
Book

New PRI Book Explores The Great Classroom Collapse Leaving Students Unprepared for College and the Workforce

SACRAMENTO – With student test scores showing that the academic performance of America’s school children in the basic subjects are at record lows, the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute today released The Great Classroom Collapse – a new book investigating the implosion of rigor and learning in schools nationwide and profiling ...
California

Chris Micheli – Is the Legislative Process Fueling Grassroots Activism or Acting as a Roadblock to Reform?

Longtime Sacramento lobbyist and law school professor Chris Micheli joins us to discuss his new book, The Complete Practical Guide to California Government.  They discuss areas of state government that need reform, recent controversies over the use of non-disclosure agreements in the legislative process and whether efforts to enact tax ...
Election

Former Speechwriters on the First Presidential Debate

Who won? Who helped themselves the most in the polls? PRI’s team of former speechwriters – Rowena Itchon, Lance Izumi, and Tim Anaya – analyze the First 2024 Presidential Debate. They discuss President Biden’s shockingly poor performance and whether President Trump learned his lessons from his 2020 debate mistakes, plus ...
Business & Economics

Professor Charles Kesler discusses former students book

Our guest this week is Charles Kesler, one of the nation’s most prominent political philosophers. He teaches government at Claremont McKenna and is the editor of the Claremont Review of Books. Prof. Kesler’s former students have produced a book celebrating his work entitled: “Leisure with Dignity: Essays in Celebration of ...
Crime

Watch the latest Free Cities Center video

WATCH: Are Crime and Homelessness Shifting San Francisco Right?

Do recent election results show a rightward shift in San Francisco? Join Free Cities Center’s Steven Greenhut as he visits the City by the Bay and talks with two experts about what’s really going on in the City. They discuss whether things are really as bad as some media outlets ...
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