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Impact Magazine Fall 2023
Talk of renewable energy and electric vehicle mandates are sweeping the nation as President Biden and blue states are looking to California’s energy policy as inspiration for big government energy policy. But by following California’s lead, the rest of the nation may soon suffer California’s fate of regular energy shortages ...
Covid-19
Wayne Winegarden – The Impact of Covid-19 Restrictions
Our guest this week is PRI senior fellow Dr. Wayne Winegarden. We discuss with Wayne his new study comparing the results of states that had very restrictive COVID-19 policies versus those that did not. He concludes that while COVID-19 restrictions did lead to some health benefits, they were unfortunately negated ...
Coronavirus
NEW BRIEF: COVID-19 Restrictions Led to Small Health Benefits Negated by Tradeoff of Huge Economic, Education Losses
States that had more invasive COVID-19 restrictions saw small reductions in COVID-19 infection and mortality rates, but saw large negative impacts on employment, economic growth, and children’s education outcomes, finds a new brief released today by the Center for Medical Economics and Innovation at the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute.CMEI_Covid_FINAL Click ...
California
Kerry Jackson – Climate Change and Big Oil
Our guest this week is Kerry Jackson, PRI’s senior fellow on California Reform. Kerry has been following Gov. Newsom’s and Attorney General Bonta’s lawsuit on oil companies and its implications. He also discusses SB 253, a corporate climate change disclosure bill; the federal and state push for electric busses including ...
Commentary
Read about problems of PBMs
Congress Waking Up to PBMs Drug Cost Manipulations
PBMs work for (or increasingly are part of) insurance companies. They decide which drugs patients can access and negotiate rebates to drugs’ list prices. The term “rebates” sounds like these discounts should benefit patients, but PBMs and insurers pocket these savings while basing patients’ costs on the higher undiscounted prices. ...
California
Read latest on Sacramento's homeless problem
PRI’s Comments Featured in New York Sun Article on Sacramento DA Suing City Over Failure to Enforce the Law
Overflowing garbage, indecent exposure, public defecation: These are the sights residents of California’s capital city describe seeing in front of their homes and businesses. The Sacramento County district attorney, Thien Ho, wants it to stop and is vowing to hold the city accountable for not enforcing its own public ordinances ...
Classroom Ideology
Listen to interview on PRI's school board survey
Listen to Lance Izumi on the Lars Larson Show: Is there a need for improvement among school boards?
TheLarsLarsonShow · Lance Izumi Is there a need for improvement among school boards?
Environment
Read about latest CA green subsidies
PRI comments featured in SD Union-Tribune story on State Funding More EV Chargers
California spending $38M in rebates for EV chargers in low-income areas, including San Diego By Rob Nikolewski If you run an organization in a low-income area of San Diego County and are contemplating building electric vehicle charging stations, you can apply to receive a rebate from the state . . ...
California
Steven Greenhut – End of Legislative Session Wrap-Up
Our guest this week is Steve Greenhut, director of PRI’s Free Cities Center and a veteran California journalist. Steve recaps the legislative session with the highlights and lowlights (unfortunately for Californians, mostly lowlights). He also weighs in on the new Speaker Robert Rivas, the ever-controversial Public Safety Committee, and Gov. ...
Crime
Wayne Winegarden – Free Cities Index
Our guest this week is PRI senior fellow Wayne Winegarden who discusses his new study “The Free Cities Index.” Many of America’s cities have been on the decline for years, while other cities have thrived and attracted more and more Americans. Wayne examined a multitude of variables – taxes, crime, ...
Impact Magazine Fall 2023
Talk of renewable energy and electric vehicle mandates are sweeping the nation as President Biden and blue states are looking to California’s energy policy as inspiration for big government energy policy. But by following California’s lead, the rest of the nation may soon suffer California’s fate of regular energy shortages ...
Wayne Winegarden – The Impact of Covid-19 Restrictions
Our guest this week is PRI senior fellow Dr. Wayne Winegarden. We discuss with Wayne his new study comparing the results of states that had very restrictive COVID-19 policies versus those that did not. He concludes that while COVID-19 restrictions did lead to some health benefits, they were unfortunately negated ...
NEW BRIEF: COVID-19 Restrictions Led to Small Health Benefits Negated by Tradeoff of Huge Economic, Education Losses
States that had more invasive COVID-19 restrictions saw small reductions in COVID-19 infection and mortality rates, but saw large negative impacts on employment, economic growth, and children’s education outcomes, finds a new brief released today by the Center for Medical Economics and Innovation at the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute.CMEI_Covid_FINAL Click ...
Kerry Jackson – Climate Change and Big Oil
Our guest this week is Kerry Jackson, PRI’s senior fellow on California Reform. Kerry has been following Gov. Newsom’s and Attorney General Bonta’s lawsuit on oil companies and its implications. He also discusses SB 253, a corporate climate change disclosure bill; the federal and state push for electric busses including ...
Read about problems of PBMs
Congress Waking Up to PBMs Drug Cost Manipulations
PBMs work for (or increasingly are part of) insurance companies. They decide which drugs patients can access and negotiate rebates to drugs’ list prices. The term “rebates” sounds like these discounts should benefit patients, but PBMs and insurers pocket these savings while basing patients’ costs on the higher undiscounted prices. ...
Read latest on Sacramento's homeless problem
PRI’s Comments Featured in New York Sun Article on Sacramento DA Suing City Over Failure to Enforce the Law
Overflowing garbage, indecent exposure, public defecation: These are the sights residents of California’s capital city describe seeing in front of their homes and businesses. The Sacramento County district attorney, Thien Ho, wants it to stop and is vowing to hold the city accountable for not enforcing its own public ordinances ...
Listen to interview on PRI's school board survey
Listen to Lance Izumi on the Lars Larson Show: Is there a need for improvement among school boards?
TheLarsLarsonShow · Lance Izumi Is there a need for improvement among school boards?
Read about latest CA green subsidies
PRI comments featured in SD Union-Tribune story on State Funding More EV Chargers
California spending $38M in rebates for EV chargers in low-income areas, including San Diego By Rob Nikolewski If you run an organization in a low-income area of San Diego County and are contemplating building electric vehicle charging stations, you can apply to receive a rebate from the state . . ...
Steven Greenhut – End of Legislative Session Wrap-Up
Our guest this week is Steve Greenhut, director of PRI’s Free Cities Center and a veteran California journalist. Steve recaps the legislative session with the highlights and lowlights (unfortunately for Californians, mostly lowlights). He also weighs in on the new Speaker Robert Rivas, the ever-controversial Public Safety Committee, and Gov. ...
Wayne Winegarden – Free Cities Index
Our guest this week is PRI senior fellow Wayne Winegarden who discusses his new study “The Free Cities Index.” Many of America’s cities have been on the decline for years, while other cities have thrived and attracted more and more Americans. Wayne examined a multitude of variables – taxes, crime, ...
