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Baby You Can Drive My Car, But In California It’s Really Expensive

No drum roll needed. The answer to the question “which state is the worst for drivers?” is obvious. It’s California. An analysis of “diverse datasets covering cost, safety, driving quality and weather” by Bankrate yielded the most unsurprising results. For the fourth time since Bankrate began looking at “the driving ...
California

The nuclear option can keep the lights on in California

A funny thing has happened on the way to California closing all of its nuclear power plants. Biden administration official Jennifer Granholm says the state should rethink its commitment to scrapping atomic energy. In an interview that will be released at an energy conference this week, the U.S. energy secretary ...
Agriculture

How well do you know your federal government? Take the Deep State Quiz

Our colleagues at Open The Books did a deep dive into the deep state with their outstanding new report: Mapping the Swamp: A Study of the Administrative State, FY 2020.  This eye-popping report shows just how big and bloated — not to mention costly — the federal government has become.  ...
Environment

Watch PRI Webinar: Energy, Environment, and The North Face

PRI senior fellow Steven Hayward moderates a conversation with Wright about energy and the environment, and the critical role that oil and gas plays in the modern world. They also discuss why California and Colorado’s anti-oil and gas laws hurt both their citizens and the environment.
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The California Cost Of Thanksgiving

All Californians traveling this Thanksgiving by automobile will be paying steep prices for gasoline. Those who have a little cash left over after filling up can indulge in a meager (compared to last year) turkey day meal. As of Nov. 22, California had the highest gasoline prices in the country. ...
Business & Economics

Wayne Winegarden Talks Impact of Biden Plan on Entrepreneurship in USA Today

‘Crazy’ or ‘much ado about nothing’? How Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan could affect inflation By Paul Davidson The White House says its sprawling Build Back Better legislation will create a new foundation for American households, a kind of social infrastructure for low- and middle-class families. Many Republicans and ...
Agriculture

What Can We Expect in a Frackless California? Economic Devastation, More Energy Imports.

Care to guess the last time the governor’s office issued a new fracking permit? It was February. Now that’s a meaningless fact without context, so let’s put it perspective: Even though “Newsom endorsed an end to fracking” while running for governor in 2018, says California political legend Dan Walters, his ...
Economy

Wayne Winegarden Discusses Entrepreneurship Study on Lars Larson Show

Listen to PRI’s Dr. Wayne Winegarden discuss the latest study in the Breaking Down Barriers to Opportunity series on the nationally-syndicated Lars Larson Show. TheLarsLarsonShow · Wayne Winegarden – How will infrastructure bill affect our economy short and long term?
Agriculture

What the California Legislature Told Us About Supply Chain Backlog

The California State Legislature’s Assembly Select Committee on Ports and Goods Movement hearing recently gave us a 240-minute summary of where things stand with the supply chain backlog in California. It provided insight from executives at the port authority, agriculture, retail, and economy and highlighted the tremendous backlog to California ...
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CAPITAL IDEAS: California Gets Kicked by Drought 66

DOWNLOAD THE PDF The recent record-breaking bomb cyclone that replenished depleted reservoirs and swelled shriveling rivers was not enough to break the drought. So parched is the state that Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency, a condition Californians, bedeviled by wildfires, unaffordable housing, growing homelessness, a punitive ...
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Baby You Can Drive My Car, But In California It’s Really Expensive

No drum roll needed. The answer to the question “which state is the worst for drivers?” is obvious. It’s California. An analysis of “diverse datasets covering cost, safety, driving quality and weather” by Bankrate yielded the most unsurprising results. For the fourth time since Bankrate began looking at “the driving ...
California

The nuclear option can keep the lights on in California

A funny thing has happened on the way to California closing all of its nuclear power plants. Biden administration official Jennifer Granholm says the state should rethink its commitment to scrapping atomic energy. In an interview that will be released at an energy conference this week, the U.S. energy secretary ...
Agriculture

How well do you know your federal government? Take the Deep State Quiz

Our colleagues at Open The Books did a deep dive into the deep state with their outstanding new report: Mapping the Swamp: A Study of the Administrative State, FY 2020.  This eye-popping report shows just how big and bloated — not to mention costly — the federal government has become.  ...
Environment

Watch PRI Webinar: Energy, Environment, and The North Face

PRI senior fellow Steven Hayward moderates a conversation with Wright about energy and the environment, and the critical role that oil and gas plays in the modern world. They also discuss why California and Colorado’s anti-oil and gas laws hurt both their citizens and the environment.
Blog

The California Cost Of Thanksgiving

All Californians traveling this Thanksgiving by automobile will be paying steep prices for gasoline. Those who have a little cash left over after filling up can indulge in a meager (compared to last year) turkey day meal. As of Nov. 22, California had the highest gasoline prices in the country. ...
Business & Economics

Wayne Winegarden Talks Impact of Biden Plan on Entrepreneurship in USA Today

‘Crazy’ or ‘much ado about nothing’? How Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan could affect inflation By Paul Davidson The White House says its sprawling Build Back Better legislation will create a new foundation for American households, a kind of social infrastructure for low- and middle-class families. Many Republicans and ...
Agriculture

What Can We Expect in a Frackless California? Economic Devastation, More Energy Imports.

Care to guess the last time the governor’s office issued a new fracking permit? It was February. Now that’s a meaningless fact without context, so let’s put it perspective: Even though “Newsom endorsed an end to fracking” while running for governor in 2018, says California political legend Dan Walters, his ...
Economy

Wayne Winegarden Discusses Entrepreneurship Study on Lars Larson Show

Listen to PRI’s Dr. Wayne Winegarden discuss the latest study in the Breaking Down Barriers to Opportunity series on the nationally-syndicated Lars Larson Show. TheLarsLarsonShow · Wayne Winegarden – How will infrastructure bill affect our economy short and long term?
Agriculture

What the California Legislature Told Us About Supply Chain Backlog

The California State Legislature’s Assembly Select Committee on Ports and Goods Movement hearing recently gave us a 240-minute summary of where things stand with the supply chain backlog in California. It provided insight from executives at the port authority, agriculture, retail, and economy and highlighted the tremendous backlog to California ...
Blog

CAPITAL IDEAS: California Gets Kicked by Drought 66

DOWNLOAD THE PDF The recent record-breaking bomb cyclone that replenished depleted reservoirs and swelled shriveling rivers was not enough to break the drought. So parched is the state that Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency, a condition Californians, bedeviled by wildfires, unaffordable housing, growing homelessness, a punitive ...
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