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Extending generous unemployment benefits will drag out the economic crisis

According to a new analysis from the Congressional Budget Office, the next coronavirus relief package could spell disaster for our economy. In a letter to the Senate Finance Committee, the nonpartisan CBO warned that extending unemployment benefits would discourage the jobless from rejoining the workforce. As the country emerges from lockdown and ...
Blog

Would ACA 25 Greenlight a Legislative Power Grab During State of Emergency?

Kiefer Sutherland taught us in “Designated Survivor” the importance of having strong processes in place to ensure continuity of government during an extreme crisis. Spurred on by the coronavirus, lawmakers are trying to put a legislative emergency contingency plan in the State Constitution. If approved by voters, Assembly Constitutional Amendment ...
Commentary

Coronavirus Stimulus Would Barely Cover Medicare for All

The economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic has prompted the biggest spending spree in American history. The House of Representatives just passed an additional relief package worth $3 trillion. That’s on top of $2.2 trillion in spending that Congress and the president green-lit in March — including $250 billion ...
Coronavirus

Dr. Henry Miller Breaks Down Coronavirus Studies with the John Batchelor Show

Dr. Henry Miller joins the John Batchelor Show to discuss the release of two studies measuring the impact of infections and deaths due to the coronavirus. A Berkeley study said that the shutdowns could have prevented 120 million novel coronavirus infections in the United States, and about 600 million in China. ...
Coronavirus

Dr. Henry Miller Talks WHO Missteps on the Lars Larson Show

Dr. Henry Miller, M.S., M.D., and PRI’s Senior Fellow with PRI, talks about the many missteps of the World Health Organization (WHO), including the recent confusion about the transmission of the coronavirus or COVID-19. Miller and Lars Larson also discuss funding for WHO, how doctors and researchers are selected, and ...
California

Watch: PRI Webinar on Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, and Regulation During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Watch an expert panel debate the impact of COVID-19, state regulations in California and New York, and pending threats to cybersecurity, data privacy, and the security around the Internet of Things. Featuring: Bartlett Cleland, Senior Fellow, Technology and Innovation, Pacific Research Institute Dan Caprio, Co-Founder/Executive Chairman, The Providence Group (Washington, ...
Blog

Memo to Small Business: We’re from the government and we’re here to help

Across the state, main streets have gone from being closed to being boarded. For California entrepreneurs, doing business in the state has hit a new low. It’s too early to get insurance data on what the vandalism, arson, and looting has cost business owners across the state.  Worse, because of ...
Commentary

COVID-19 Reveals The Power Of Deregulation

One of the most effective policy responses to COVID-19 thus far has not been a new government program or infusion of federal funding. Rather, it’s been the deliberate effort by the Trump administration to pare back regulations impeding access to health care. That work must continue after the pandemic passes. ...
California

Kerry Jackson – Criminal Justice Policy in CA Following COVID-19 and Statewide Riots

PRI Fellow Kerry Jackson, author of the book “Living in Fear in California,” joins us to discuss the debate over criminal justice policy in California in these troubled times. We discuss temporary changes to early release and cash bail policies during the COVID-19 crisis, controversies over police activities highlighted by ...
Commentary

Governor Newsom’s Medi-Cal Proposal Betrays California’s Poor

Governor Gavin Newsom just unveiled a new budget proposal aimed at digging California out of a $54 billion deficit brought on by the pandemic. He hopes to slash Medi-Cal payments to healthcare providers and use the money to enroll more people in the program. This week, the Democrat-led state legislature rejected those ...
Business & Economics

Extending generous unemployment benefits will drag out the economic crisis

According to a new analysis from the Congressional Budget Office, the next coronavirus relief package could spell disaster for our economy. In a letter to the Senate Finance Committee, the nonpartisan CBO warned that extending unemployment benefits would discourage the jobless from rejoining the workforce. As the country emerges from lockdown and ...
Blog

Would ACA 25 Greenlight a Legislative Power Grab During State of Emergency?

Kiefer Sutherland taught us in “Designated Survivor” the importance of having strong processes in place to ensure continuity of government during an extreme crisis. Spurred on by the coronavirus, lawmakers are trying to put a legislative emergency contingency plan in the State Constitution. If approved by voters, Assembly Constitutional Amendment ...
Commentary

Coronavirus Stimulus Would Barely Cover Medicare for All

The economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic has prompted the biggest spending spree in American history. The House of Representatives just passed an additional relief package worth $3 trillion. That’s on top of $2.2 trillion in spending that Congress and the president green-lit in March — including $250 billion ...
Coronavirus

Dr. Henry Miller Breaks Down Coronavirus Studies with the John Batchelor Show

Dr. Henry Miller joins the John Batchelor Show to discuss the release of two studies measuring the impact of infections and deaths due to the coronavirus. A Berkeley study said that the shutdowns could have prevented 120 million novel coronavirus infections in the United States, and about 600 million in China. ...
Coronavirus

Dr. Henry Miller Talks WHO Missteps on the Lars Larson Show

Dr. Henry Miller, M.S., M.D., and PRI’s Senior Fellow with PRI, talks about the many missteps of the World Health Organization (WHO), including the recent confusion about the transmission of the coronavirus or COVID-19. Miller and Lars Larson also discuss funding for WHO, how doctors and researchers are selected, and ...
California

Watch: PRI Webinar on Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, and Regulation During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Watch an expert panel debate the impact of COVID-19, state regulations in California and New York, and pending threats to cybersecurity, data privacy, and the security around the Internet of Things. Featuring: Bartlett Cleland, Senior Fellow, Technology and Innovation, Pacific Research Institute Dan Caprio, Co-Founder/Executive Chairman, The Providence Group (Washington, ...
Blog

Memo to Small Business: We’re from the government and we’re here to help

Across the state, main streets have gone from being closed to being boarded. For California entrepreneurs, doing business in the state has hit a new low. It’s too early to get insurance data on what the vandalism, arson, and looting has cost business owners across the state.  Worse, because of ...
Commentary

COVID-19 Reveals The Power Of Deregulation

One of the most effective policy responses to COVID-19 thus far has not been a new government program or infusion of federal funding. Rather, it’s been the deliberate effort by the Trump administration to pare back regulations impeding access to health care. That work must continue after the pandemic passes. ...
California

Kerry Jackson – Criminal Justice Policy in CA Following COVID-19 and Statewide Riots

PRI Fellow Kerry Jackson, author of the book “Living in Fear in California,” joins us to discuss the debate over criminal justice policy in California in these troubled times. We discuss temporary changes to early release and cash bail policies during the COVID-19 crisis, controversies over police activities highlighted by ...
Commentary

Governor Newsom’s Medi-Cal Proposal Betrays California’s Poor

Governor Gavin Newsom just unveiled a new budget proposal aimed at digging California out of a $54 billion deficit brought on by the pandemic. He hopes to slash Medi-Cal payments to healthcare providers and use the money to enroll more people in the program. This week, the Democrat-led state legislature rejected those ...