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PRI’s California Prosperity Agenda

California is the pioneering state of a pioneer nation. It has long led the world in innovation and technology, in entertainment and aerospace, and other fields. It does, however, face serious challenges: the poor performance of our schools, the deterioration of our public services, the unsustainability of public pensions, the ...
California

Pris California Prosperity Agenda

California is the pioneering state of a pioneer nation. It has long led the world in innovation and technology, in entertainment and aerospace, and other fields. It does, however, face serious challenges: the poor performance of our schools, the deterioration of our public services, the unsustainability of public pensions, the ...
California

Prop. 65 listing for BPA is unjustifiable

Anti-chemical activists continue to advocate to ban Bisphenol A (more commonly known as BPA), despite both BPA’s value and scientific evidence. In its latest manifestation, advocates are using scare tactics to justify the designation of BPA as a dangerous chemical that is registered on California’s Proposition 65 list. Under Prop. ...
Commentary

GOP is ready for Obamacare’s downfall

This week, House Republicans released their proposed budget, which would repeal Obamacare “in its entirety.” This time, though, they have a plan for replacing it. Reps. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), John Kline (R-Minn.), and Fred Upton (R-Mich.) recently offered a proposal that will move the United States away from Obamacare toward ...
Commentary

Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion Is Nothing to Brag About

At the end of last year, the Obama administration boasted that almost 10 million people had enrolled in Medicaid since Obamacare went into effect. “This is great news,” an administration official exclaimed. Maybe for the White House. But not for patients and doctors, according to several recent studies. Even before ...
Business & Economics

The Seven Lean Years: The Economic and Fiscal Consequences from California’s Prop. 30

The Pacific Research Institute, a non-partisan, non-profit think tank, today released a study on the effects of Prop. 30 on the state’s economy. “The Seven Lean Years: The Economic and Fiscal Consequences from California’s Proposition 30” was authored by Wayne Winegarden, Ph.D, a senior fellow at the Pacific Research Institute. ...
Charter Schools

Short-Circuited: The Challenge Facing the Online Learning Revolution in California

San Francisco – One would expect that California, with its abundance of technology companies, would have a leading advantage in the online learning revolution. But in fact, when it comes to harnessing technology and applying it to public education, the state is lagging in many respects. Short-Circuited: The Challenges Facing ...
Business & Economics

The seven lean years

California’s Proposition 30, officially titled “Temporary Taxes to Fund Education,” is celebrating its second anniversary this November. The greatest anniversary gift would be to repeal it. California needs sustainable and robust economic growth. Strong economic growth creates jobs, raises families’ incomes and improves our standard of living. And, while economic ...
Business & Economics

Plan Bay Area: The Mayor’s Transportation Task Force Report

Pacific Research Institute Brief Reveals Flaws with San Francisco’s Transportation Task Force Report Today PRI released a brief reviewing San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee’s Transportation Task Force Report: 2030. The brief is a supplement to PRI’s earlier study “Plan Bay Area Evaluation” (June 2013), which critiqued the plan developed by ...
Commentary

U.S. Has the Worst Health Care? Not By a Long Shot

Few complaints about the U.S. healthcare system are as common as the claim that we spend too much on health care and get too little for all that spending in return — especially compared to other industrialized nations. A new Commonwealth Fund report is the latest to indict U.S. health ...
California

PRI’s California Prosperity Agenda

California is the pioneering state of a pioneer nation. It has long led the world in innovation and technology, in entertainment and aerospace, and other fields. It does, however, face serious challenges: the poor performance of our schools, the deterioration of our public services, the unsustainability of public pensions, the ...
California

Pris California Prosperity Agenda

California is the pioneering state of a pioneer nation. It has long led the world in innovation and technology, in entertainment and aerospace, and other fields. It does, however, face serious challenges: the poor performance of our schools, the deterioration of our public services, the unsustainability of public pensions, the ...
California

Prop. 65 listing for BPA is unjustifiable

Anti-chemical activists continue to advocate to ban Bisphenol A (more commonly known as BPA), despite both BPA’s value and scientific evidence. In its latest manifestation, advocates are using scare tactics to justify the designation of BPA as a dangerous chemical that is registered on California’s Proposition 65 list. Under Prop. ...
Commentary

GOP is ready for Obamacare’s downfall

This week, House Republicans released their proposed budget, which would repeal Obamacare “in its entirety.” This time, though, they have a plan for replacing it. Reps. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), John Kline (R-Minn.), and Fred Upton (R-Mich.) recently offered a proposal that will move the United States away from Obamacare toward ...
Commentary

Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion Is Nothing to Brag About

At the end of last year, the Obama administration boasted that almost 10 million people had enrolled in Medicaid since Obamacare went into effect. “This is great news,” an administration official exclaimed. Maybe for the White House. But not for patients and doctors, according to several recent studies. Even before ...
Business & Economics

The Seven Lean Years: The Economic and Fiscal Consequences from California’s Prop. 30

The Pacific Research Institute, a non-partisan, non-profit think tank, today released a study on the effects of Prop. 30 on the state’s economy. “The Seven Lean Years: The Economic and Fiscal Consequences from California’s Proposition 30” was authored by Wayne Winegarden, Ph.D, a senior fellow at the Pacific Research Institute. ...
Charter Schools

Short-Circuited: The Challenge Facing the Online Learning Revolution in California

San Francisco – One would expect that California, with its abundance of technology companies, would have a leading advantage in the online learning revolution. But in fact, when it comes to harnessing technology and applying it to public education, the state is lagging in many respects. Short-Circuited: The Challenges Facing ...
Business & Economics

The seven lean years

California’s Proposition 30, officially titled “Temporary Taxes to Fund Education,” is celebrating its second anniversary this November. The greatest anniversary gift would be to repeal it. California needs sustainable and robust economic growth. Strong economic growth creates jobs, raises families’ incomes and improves our standard of living. And, while economic ...
Business & Economics

Plan Bay Area: The Mayor’s Transportation Task Force Report

Pacific Research Institute Brief Reveals Flaws with San Francisco’s Transportation Task Force Report Today PRI released a brief reviewing San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee’s Transportation Task Force Report: 2030. The brief is a supplement to PRI’s earlier study “Plan Bay Area Evaluation” (June 2013), which critiqued the plan developed by ...
Commentary

U.S. Has the Worst Health Care? Not By a Long Shot

Few complaints about the U.S. healthcare system are as common as the claim that we spend too much on health care and get too little for all that spending in return — especially compared to other industrialized nations. A new Commonwealth Fund report is the latest to indict U.S. health ...
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