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Book

In New Book, Veteran Journalist Shows How to End California’s Water Wars, Protect Habitats and Meet State’s Water Needs

Winning the Water Wars is available for purchase at Barnes and Noble, Amazon.com and online booksellers. Greenhut writes, “this book does not propose solely building more dams . . . I explain the importance of water pricing and trading, regulatory reforms, desalination, wastewater treatment, upgrading water-conveyance systems and other ideas. ...
Distance Learning

Lance Izumi Quoted in Los Angeles Times on School Reopenings

California teacher unions fight calls to reopen schools By Howard Blume As parents express widespread dissatisfaction with distance learning, two influential California teachers unions are pushing against growing momentum to reopen schools in many communities, saying that campuses are not yet safe enough amid the pandemic. Leaders with the California ...
Blog

What We’re Watching – Celebrating Baroness Thatcher

Kerry Jackson – Remembering Baroness Thatcher Tuesday was Margaret Thatcher’s birthday. She would have been 95.  This week, PRI held its 9th annual Baroness Thatcher Gala, named in her honor. We’re all better off because of her. Tim Anaya – Margaret Thatcher and Queen Elizabeth I’m a huge fan of ...
Drug Importation

NEW BRIEF: Counterfeit Drugs Harm Patients, Economy, Innovation

A new brief released today by the Center for Medical Economics and Innovation at the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute shows that counterfeit drugs put patients in harm’s way, hinder drug innovation, and lead to job losses. Proposals like drug importation or price controls, if implemented, would exacerbate the problem and ...
Charter Schools

Norman Gonzales and Carlos Yniguez – How This Year’s State Budget Hurts Thousands of Charter School Students

Norman Gonzales and Carlos Yniguez from John Adams Academy join PRI’s Lance Izumi to discuss a change in this year’s budget that takes away funding for thousands of kids attending charter schools across the state, and how the school is fighting this loss of critical charter school funding in the ...
Blog

What We’re Watching – October 9

Tim Anaya – A Conversation with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos In case you missed it earlier this week, watch as our Lance Izumi interviews Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Rowena Itchon – What If Joe Biden Were A Libertarian? What if Joe Biden were a Libertarian? Here’s how Reason doctored his ...
Education

A Conversation with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos

In case you missed our special live webinar, listen to PRI’s Lance Izumi as he interviews U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.  The two discuss the importance of expanding school choice opportunities for every American student, school reopenings  following the COVID-19 pandemic, and the President’s education reform agenda.
Education

Watch: A Conversation with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos

Watch Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center for Education, in conversation with U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. They discuss the importance of expanding school choice opportunities for every American student, school reopenings following the COVID-19 pandemic, and the President’s education reform agenda.
Crime

Heather Mac Donald: The War on Cops Continues

This podcast with Heather Mac Donald, Thomas W. Smith fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor at City Journal, was recorded from a recent webinar with PRI’s own Steve Hayward doing the Q&A.  Heather offers her perspective on the recent riots, the surge in violent crime in our ...
Blog

What We’re Watching – October 2

Tim Anaya – Memorable Moments that Dominate Presidential Debates Are Almost Always Unexpected This week on PRI’s Next Round podcast, we break down the first presidential debate.  Here’s a look at memorable moments from debates past. Rowena Itchon – Get to Know Judge Amy Coney Barrett Get to know Judge ...
Book

In New Book, Veteran Journalist Shows How to End California’s Water Wars, Protect Habitats and Meet State’s Water Needs

Winning the Water Wars is available for purchase at Barnes and Noble, Amazon.com and online booksellers. Greenhut writes, “this book does not propose solely building more dams . . . I explain the importance of water pricing and trading, regulatory reforms, desalination, wastewater treatment, upgrading water-conveyance systems and other ideas. ...
Distance Learning

Lance Izumi Quoted in Los Angeles Times on School Reopenings

California teacher unions fight calls to reopen schools By Howard Blume As parents express widespread dissatisfaction with distance learning, two influential California teachers unions are pushing against growing momentum to reopen schools in many communities, saying that campuses are not yet safe enough amid the pandemic. Leaders with the California ...
Blog

What We’re Watching – Celebrating Baroness Thatcher

Kerry Jackson – Remembering Baroness Thatcher Tuesday was Margaret Thatcher’s birthday. She would have been 95.  This week, PRI held its 9th annual Baroness Thatcher Gala, named in her honor. We’re all better off because of her. Tim Anaya – Margaret Thatcher and Queen Elizabeth I’m a huge fan of ...
Drug Importation

NEW BRIEF: Counterfeit Drugs Harm Patients, Economy, Innovation

A new brief released today by the Center for Medical Economics and Innovation at the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute shows that counterfeit drugs put patients in harm’s way, hinder drug innovation, and lead to job losses. Proposals like drug importation or price controls, if implemented, would exacerbate the problem and ...
Charter Schools

Norman Gonzales and Carlos Yniguez – How This Year’s State Budget Hurts Thousands of Charter School Students

Norman Gonzales and Carlos Yniguez from John Adams Academy join PRI’s Lance Izumi to discuss a change in this year’s budget that takes away funding for thousands of kids attending charter schools across the state, and how the school is fighting this loss of critical charter school funding in the ...
Blog

What We’re Watching – October 9

Tim Anaya – A Conversation with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos In case you missed it earlier this week, watch as our Lance Izumi interviews Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Rowena Itchon – What If Joe Biden Were A Libertarian? What if Joe Biden were a Libertarian? Here’s how Reason doctored his ...
Education

A Conversation with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos

In case you missed our special live webinar, listen to PRI’s Lance Izumi as he interviews U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.  The two discuss the importance of expanding school choice opportunities for every American student, school reopenings  following the COVID-19 pandemic, and the President’s education reform agenda.
Education

Watch: A Conversation with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos

Watch Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center for Education, in conversation with U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. They discuss the importance of expanding school choice opportunities for every American student, school reopenings following the COVID-19 pandemic, and the President’s education reform agenda.
Crime

Heather Mac Donald: The War on Cops Continues

This podcast with Heather Mac Donald, Thomas W. Smith fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor at City Journal, was recorded from a recent webinar with PRI’s own Steve Hayward doing the Q&A.  Heather offers her perspective on the recent riots, the surge in violent crime in our ...
Blog

What We’re Watching – October 2

Tim Anaya – Memorable Moments that Dominate Presidential Debates Are Almost Always Unexpected This week on PRI’s Next Round podcast, we break down the first presidential debate.  Here’s a look at memorable moments from debates past. Rowena Itchon – Get to Know Judge Amy Coney Barrett Get to know Judge ...
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