California
Commentary
Biden’s health care agenda entrenches a status quo that isn’t working
Health care reform is back on the agenda in Washington. At the end of January, President Biden signed two executive orders that aim to make it easier for people to sign up for coverage. On Saturday, the House passed a $1.9 trillion covid-19 relief package that includes billions in new health insurance subsidies. The ...
Blog
EV Mandates — More CopyCal Moves from Washington
Among Pres. Biden’s first executive orders was to replace the entire fleet of federal vehicles with electric vehicles — about 645,000 in all according to the General Services Administration. He claimed that it would create one million autoworker jobs in the U.S. Chock up another win for the Golden State, ...
Commentary
New York’s Single-Payer Healthcare Bill Remains A Disastrous Idea
New York Democrats hope that 2021 is the year socialized medicine finally arrives in the Empire State. Senator Gustavo Rivera, the chairman of the state Senate Health Committee, is reportedly planning to introduce the New York Health Act, which would ban private insurance and force all New Yorkers onto a ...
California
The Low Spark of High-Speed Rail
California’s bullet train has become a nearly forgotten source of trouble, eclipsed in the public eye by Covid-19, a gubernatorial recall, and out-migration from the Golden State. But it’s still out there, sucking up time and money, and as empty as it ever was. The California High Speed Rail, its ...
California
As social media giants purge users, it’s time to create alternatives
More than one in five U.S. adults has a Twitter account, but one doesn’t have to be active on social media to know that the company went on a suspending spree after the election, canceling more than 70,000 users the company considered to be undesirables, including former President Donald Trump, ...
Blog
‘And Now, The Rest of the Story’ on Controversial Voter Outreach Sweetheart Deal
No one who is younger than 40 will remember the late legendary radio commentator Paul Harvey. Every afternoon, he would begin his daily radio program by promising to tell us “the rest of the story.” Thanks to a provision slipped into a budget trailer bill last week, Californians now know ...
Business & Economics
Dr. Wayne Winegarden Talks Gig Economy on the Andy Caldwell Show
Dr. Wayne Winegarden, PRI’s senior fellow in business and economics, joins the Andy Caldwell Show to discuss his new study, “The Small Business Gig,” on steps policymakers can take to help gig economy workers. Winegarden talks about the regulations and laws currently being passed by state’s like California that limit ...
Business & Economics
The future is now for gig-based entrepreneurship
With Californian Kamala Harris as vice president, it’s clear the new Biden administration is taking its cues from the once-Golden State on labor policy. In one of its first acts in office, the Biden Administration placed a regulatory freeze on a Department of Labor regulation enacted in the waning days of the ...
California
Xavier Becerra confirmation would be a dream come true for single-payer advocates
Tomorrow, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra will appear before the Senate for his confirmation hearing as President Biden’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. If Becerra’s career in public office is any indication, he’ll do everything in his power to exert greater government control over our ...
California
Wayne Winegarden Featured in National Interest on Biden Stimulus
Do State and Local Governments Really Need $350 Billion in Aid?: President Biden’s anti-coronavirus stimulus plan has faced some push back. by Rachel Bucchino Democrats and the Biden administration have repeatedly pushed for the passage of the American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion stimulus package that they claim will save ...
Biden’s health care agenda entrenches a status quo that isn’t working
Health care reform is back on the agenda in Washington. At the end of January, President Biden signed two executive orders that aim to make it easier for people to sign up for coverage. On Saturday, the House passed a $1.9 trillion covid-19 relief package that includes billions in new health insurance subsidies. The ...
EV Mandates — More CopyCal Moves from Washington
Among Pres. Biden’s first executive orders was to replace the entire fleet of federal vehicles with electric vehicles — about 645,000 in all according to the General Services Administration. He claimed that it would create one million autoworker jobs in the U.S. Chock up another win for the Golden State, ...
New York’s Single-Payer Healthcare Bill Remains A Disastrous Idea
New York Democrats hope that 2021 is the year socialized medicine finally arrives in the Empire State. Senator Gustavo Rivera, the chairman of the state Senate Health Committee, is reportedly planning to introduce the New York Health Act, which would ban private insurance and force all New Yorkers onto a ...
The Low Spark of High-Speed Rail
California’s bullet train has become a nearly forgotten source of trouble, eclipsed in the public eye by Covid-19, a gubernatorial recall, and out-migration from the Golden State. But it’s still out there, sucking up time and money, and as empty as it ever was. The California High Speed Rail, its ...
As social media giants purge users, it’s time to create alternatives
More than one in five U.S. adults has a Twitter account, but one doesn’t have to be active on social media to know that the company went on a suspending spree after the election, canceling more than 70,000 users the company considered to be undesirables, including former President Donald Trump, ...
‘And Now, The Rest of the Story’ on Controversial Voter Outreach Sweetheart Deal
No one who is younger than 40 will remember the late legendary radio commentator Paul Harvey. Every afternoon, he would begin his daily radio program by promising to tell us “the rest of the story.” Thanks to a provision slipped into a budget trailer bill last week, Californians now know ...
Dr. Wayne Winegarden Talks Gig Economy on the Andy Caldwell Show
Dr. Wayne Winegarden, PRI’s senior fellow in business and economics, joins the Andy Caldwell Show to discuss his new study, “The Small Business Gig,” on steps policymakers can take to help gig economy workers. Winegarden talks about the regulations and laws currently being passed by state’s like California that limit ...
The future is now for gig-based entrepreneurship
With Californian Kamala Harris as vice president, it’s clear the new Biden administration is taking its cues from the once-Golden State on labor policy. In one of its first acts in office, the Biden Administration placed a regulatory freeze on a Department of Labor regulation enacted in the waning days of the ...
Xavier Becerra confirmation would be a dream come true for single-payer advocates
Tomorrow, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra will appear before the Senate for his confirmation hearing as President Biden’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. If Becerra’s career in public office is any indication, he’ll do everything in his power to exert greater government control over our ...
Wayne Winegarden Featured in National Interest on Biden Stimulus
Do State and Local Governments Really Need $350 Billion in Aid?: President Biden’s anti-coronavirus stimulus plan has faced some push back. by Rachel Bucchino Democrats and the Biden administration have repeatedly pushed for the passage of the American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion stimulus package that they claim will save ...
