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OC Register Cites Kerry Jackson on Public Banking Concerns

Public bank bill puts state where it doesn’t belong By Orange County Register Editorial Board California lawmakers have a ready solution for almost any problem, no matter how large or small: Create a new government bureaucracy to administer some “landmark” program. Yet after the new agency is in place, the ...
California

Sally C. Pipes Quoted in Capital Public Radio on Single-Payer Health Care

With Latest California Single Payer Health Care Bill Shelved, Advocates Push Newsom For Support By Sammy Caiola Californians who support a single payer health care system say it’s time for Gov. Gavin Newsom to keep his campaign promises and take steps toward making the model a reality. Calls to move ...
Blog

Winners and Losers – April 30

Tim Anaya – Senior Director of Communications and PRI’s Sacramento Office Winner:  Corporate America’s Political Donations – Corporate America was spared a campaign donation ban in California this week when legislation by freshman Asm. Alex Lee was defeated in the Assembly Elections Committee without even receiving a second.  The chair ...
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How Basic Income Could Promote Economic Advancement Rather Than Government Dependency

By Wayne Winegarden and Tim Anaya Last month, Right by the Bay reviewed the findings of a new study touted by former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs reportedly showing the success of the city’s universal basic income scheme. Reviewing the report’s findings, we concluded that there were many serious questions with ...
California

Dr. Henry Miller – A COVID-19 Update and Progress on Vaccinations

This week’s guest is Dr. Henry Miller, PRI senior fellow in health care studies.  In addition to being a physician, Dr. Miller was a former official at the FDA and founding director of the FDA’s Office of Biotechnology. Dr. Miller provides an update on the pandemic, the progress of vaccine ...
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Winners and Losers – April 23

Tim Anaya – Senior Director of Communications and PRI’s Sacramento Office Winner:  CA Businesses Who Received PPP Loans – Businesses in CA that received PPP loans won’t be facing a state tax headache after all, thanks to action this week by the State Senate to allow many small businesses with ...
Business & Economics

Earth Day 2021 Special with Julian Morris

Julian Morris, Senior Fellow at Reason and a Senior Scholar at the International Center for Law and Economics, joins us for a discussion on environmental topics as we mark Earth Day 2021.  We discuss the Biden Administration’s “green infrastructure” proposals, California’s big government energy policies, whether government fuel emission standards ...
California

No Way to End California’s Homelessness Crisis

In late January, a survey conducted by Data for Progress, a progressive activist group, found that an overwhelming majority of Californians favor increasing taxes on corporations to fund “a range of efforts to help” alleviate the homelessness crisis in California. But California is already home to one of the highest ...
Health Care

Sally Pipes Discusses Sanders Plan to Lower Medicare Eligibility Age on John Carlson Show

Listen to Sally C. Pipes, PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy, discuss the plan proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders to lower the Medicare eligibility age on “The John Carlson Show” on KVI Radio in Seattle. The interview begins at the 18:00 mark. Click here ...
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Winners and Losers – April 16

Tim Anaya – Senior Director of Communications and PRI’s Sacramento Office Winner:  John Boehner, the Author – Former House Speaker John Boehner has apparently released quite the entertaining new memoir of his time as Speaker, with the publication of On The House.  While I would love someday to have a ...
California

OC Register Cites Kerry Jackson on Public Banking Concerns

Public bank bill puts state where it doesn’t belong By Orange County Register Editorial Board California lawmakers have a ready solution for almost any problem, no matter how large or small: Create a new government bureaucracy to administer some “landmark” program. Yet after the new agency is in place, the ...
California

Sally C. Pipes Quoted in Capital Public Radio on Single-Payer Health Care

With Latest California Single Payer Health Care Bill Shelved, Advocates Push Newsom For Support By Sammy Caiola Californians who support a single payer health care system say it’s time for Gov. Gavin Newsom to keep his campaign promises and take steps toward making the model a reality. Calls to move ...
Blog

Winners and Losers – April 30

Tim Anaya – Senior Director of Communications and PRI’s Sacramento Office Winner:  Corporate America’s Political Donations – Corporate America was spared a campaign donation ban in California this week when legislation by freshman Asm. Alex Lee was defeated in the Assembly Elections Committee without even receiving a second.  The chair ...
Blog

How Basic Income Could Promote Economic Advancement Rather Than Government Dependency

By Wayne Winegarden and Tim Anaya Last month, Right by the Bay reviewed the findings of a new study touted by former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs reportedly showing the success of the city’s universal basic income scheme. Reviewing the report’s findings, we concluded that there were many serious questions with ...
California

Dr. Henry Miller – A COVID-19 Update and Progress on Vaccinations

This week’s guest is Dr. Henry Miller, PRI senior fellow in health care studies.  In addition to being a physician, Dr. Miller was a former official at the FDA and founding director of the FDA’s Office of Biotechnology. Dr. Miller provides an update on the pandemic, the progress of vaccine ...
Blog

Winners and Losers – April 23

Tim Anaya – Senior Director of Communications and PRI’s Sacramento Office Winner:  CA Businesses Who Received PPP Loans – Businesses in CA that received PPP loans won’t be facing a state tax headache after all, thanks to action this week by the State Senate to allow many small businesses with ...
Business & Economics

Earth Day 2021 Special with Julian Morris

Julian Morris, Senior Fellow at Reason and a Senior Scholar at the International Center for Law and Economics, joins us for a discussion on environmental topics as we mark Earth Day 2021.  We discuss the Biden Administration’s “green infrastructure” proposals, California’s big government energy policies, whether government fuel emission standards ...
California

No Way to End California’s Homelessness Crisis

In late January, a survey conducted by Data for Progress, a progressive activist group, found that an overwhelming majority of Californians favor increasing taxes on corporations to fund “a range of efforts to help” alleviate the homelessness crisis in California. But California is already home to one of the highest ...
Health Care

Sally Pipes Discusses Sanders Plan to Lower Medicare Eligibility Age on John Carlson Show

Listen to Sally C. Pipes, PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy, discuss the plan proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders to lower the Medicare eligibility age on “The John Carlson Show” on KVI Radio in Seattle. The interview begins at the 18:00 mark. Click here ...
Blog

Winners and Losers – April 16

Tim Anaya – Senior Director of Communications and PRI’s Sacramento Office Winner:  John Boehner, the Author – Former House Speaker John Boehner has apparently released quite the entertaining new memoir of his time as Speaker, with the publication of On The House.  While I would love someday to have a ...
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