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California’s Economic Recovery – PRI Sacramento Policy Conference
Policymakers in Sacramento and Washington are focusing on how to turn the economy around, keep businesses afloat, and help people stay employed amidst the ongoing pandemic. Elected officials, policy insiders, and free market economists discuss efforts to retain and create new jobs in California, the federal stimulus legislation, and other reforms ...
Pacific Research Institute
February 16, 2021
Commentary
President Biden, It’s Time To Admit Obamacare’s Flaws
Starting today, uninsured Americans will be able to sign up for health plans through the federal HealthCare.gov exchange during a new special enrollment period through May 15. Created by one of President Biden’s first executive orders, it’s intended to help “restore and strengthen Americans’ access to quality, affordable health care.” ...
Sally C. Pipes
February 15, 2021
Blog
How About A Train Check?
It’s a myth that Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini made the trains run on time. It’s no exaggeration, though, to say California can’t even make its bullet train run at all. The California high-speed rail has been delayed again. The first section, 119 miles through the Central Valley between Bakersfield ...
Kerry Jackson
February 15, 2021
Business & Economics
Sacramento Conference: Economic Recovery
Watch as policy insiders and free market economists discuss efforts to help California’s economy recover, including federal stimulus legislation.
Pacific Research Institute
February 12, 2021
California
Sacramento Conference: Health Care
PRI’s health care experts discuss free market health care policy changes that should be made permanent following the pandemic and the latest developments on the Covid-19 vaccine.
Pacific Research Institute
February 12, 2021
Blackouts
A California Energy Lesson From Europe
Days before Joe Biden and former Sen. Kamala Harris took the oath of office, the Los Angeles Times said California was “emerging as the de facto policy think tank” of a Democrat-controlled Washington. This doesn’t inspire confidence in those who see up close that the best California can offer is an example ...
Kerry Jackson
February 12, 2021
California
Sacramento Conference: Education Panel
This panel discusses the new and emerging threats facing charter schools in California and nationally, and what parents and advocates can do to preserve school choice options for every student.
Pacific Research Institute
February 12, 2021
California
Sacramento Conference: Water Panel
Watch a panel of water experts and policymakers discuss the course the Biden Administration will likely chart on California water policy.
Pacific Research Institute
February 12, 2021
California
Sacramento Conference: Homelessness Panel
The authors of the soon-to-be-released book on homelessness in California, No Way Home (to be published by Encounter Books, March 2021), give a preview of their upcoming book.
Pacific Research Institute
February 10, 2021
Blog
California’s Winter of Discontent
It comes as no surprise that a recent Gallup poll showed that Americans now believe that the biggest problem in the country are its politicians (29 percent), not the pandemic (22 percent). While tens of millions are frustratingly looking for a COVID-19 vaccine, the Biden Administration is busy fighting climate ...
Rowena Itchon
February 9, 2021
California’s Economic Recovery – PRI Sacramento Policy Conference
Policymakers in Sacramento and Washington are focusing on how to turn the economy around, keep businesses afloat, and help people stay employed amidst the ongoing pandemic. Elected officials, policy insiders, and free market economists discuss efforts to retain and create new jobs in California, the federal stimulus legislation, and other reforms ...
President Biden, It’s Time To Admit Obamacare’s Flaws
Starting today, uninsured Americans will be able to sign up for health plans through the federal HealthCare.gov exchange during a new special enrollment period through May 15. Created by one of President Biden’s first executive orders, it’s intended to help “restore and strengthen Americans’ access to quality, affordable health care.” ...
How About A Train Check?
It’s a myth that Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini made the trains run on time. It’s no exaggeration, though, to say California can’t even make its bullet train run at all. The California high-speed rail has been delayed again. The first section, 119 miles through the Central Valley between Bakersfield ...
Sacramento Conference: Economic Recovery
Watch as policy insiders and free market economists discuss efforts to help California’s economy recover, including federal stimulus legislation.
Sacramento Conference: Health Care
PRI’s health care experts discuss free market health care policy changes that should be made permanent following the pandemic and the latest developments on the Covid-19 vaccine.
A California Energy Lesson From Europe
Days before Joe Biden and former Sen. Kamala Harris took the oath of office, the Los Angeles Times said California was “emerging as the de facto policy think tank” of a Democrat-controlled Washington. This doesn’t inspire confidence in those who see up close that the best California can offer is an example ...
Sacramento Conference: Education Panel
This panel discusses the new and emerging threats facing charter schools in California and nationally, and what parents and advocates can do to preserve school choice options for every student.
Sacramento Conference: Water Panel
Watch a panel of water experts and policymakers discuss the course the Biden Administration will likely chart on California water policy.
Sacramento Conference: Homelessness Panel
The authors of the soon-to-be-released book on homelessness in California, No Way Home (to be published by Encounter Books, March 2021), give a preview of their upcoming book.
California’s Winter of Discontent
It comes as no surprise that a recent Gallup poll showed that Americans now believe that the biggest problem in the country are its politicians (29 percent), not the pandemic (22 percent). While tens of millions are frustratingly looking for a COVID-19 vaccine, the Biden Administration is busy fighting climate ...