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Read the latest on California's homeless crisis
Is drop in Sacramento homelessness a fluke or trend?
Officials reported a 29% decrease in overall homelessness in 2024 compared to 2022. But this coincides with a change in methodology in how people were counted, as well as a discrepancy between the count and what local nonprofits are finding on the ground. And one year does not make a ...
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More Californians plan exit as home prices top $900K
More Californians plan exit as home prices top $900K By Steven Greenhut | August 22, 2024 When I received a job offer to move from Northwest Ohio to Orange County, Calif., in the 1990s, I thought that I had hit the lottery. The 3.1-million-population county has nearly perfect weather, idyllic beaches, ...
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Read the latest about California's misguided energy policies
As Chevron Exits California, Will Still Attempt to Buy Its Oil Refineries?
It’s unlikely that was the plan. But it is interesting that at roughly the same time Chevron made its announcement, which was no surprise to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office, the California Energy Commission issued a staff report that includes a dedicated section (Chapter 3, page 7) on “State-Owned Refineries.” It’s ...
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Learn about the latest soft on crime proposal coming from the State Capitol
SB 94 Comes Back to Life –Plan Would Release Multiple Murderers and Rapists
Yet today, the overwhelming majority of California’s violent inmates are already or will be eligible for a parole hearing and potential release. And they are being released in record numbers. It is a common misconception that California’s prisons are full of non-violent offenders. That ended with the passage of AB ...
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Latest Experiment Further Proof That Basic Income Doesn’t Lift People Out of Poverty
Under the experiment, which was funded by OpenAI founder Sam Altman, 1,000 participants in Texas and Illinois received $1,000 per month for three years starting in 2020, with a control group of 2,000 additional participants who received $50 per month. The recipients earned an average income of less than $29,000 ...
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Court frees cities to deal with their homelessness crises
Court frees cities to deal with their homelessness crises By Steven Greenhut | August 16, 2024 SACRAMENTO – During a recent trip to Grants Pass, Ore., I took a photo of the city’s iconic downtown sign stating, “It’s the Climate” and then posted it on social media as I often do with ...
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Read about Biden drug price control plan
The Damage from Price Controls on Pharmaceuticals Begins
The federal government has announced the long-awaited results from the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) drug price negotiations.[1] The Biden Administration has been crowing that they have achieved “a historic moment that will help lower prescription drug prices for millions of people across America.” Nothing could be further from the ...
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Read the latest from PRI's Free Cities Center
States right to ‘pre-empt’ cities that violate citizens’ liberty
Conservatives and right-of-center types tend to believe in the Jeffersonian principle that “the government closest to the people serves the people best.” As brilliant as Thomas Jefferson was, he couldn’t possibly get everything right, and on this count, he’s only about half correct. Sure, it’s easier to march down to ...
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The Gordon Chang Report–North Korea: Desperate and Dangerous
READ THE PDF North Korea: Desperate and Dangerous North Korea publicly executed about 30 middle school students for watching South Korean dramas according to a TV Chosun report. The report cited a South Korean government official. The dramas were stored on USB drives that had been lofted across the Demilitarized ...
Agriculture
Broccoli does not occur in nature, we should still eat it
“I only eat things that are natural.” “This color doesn’t occur in nature.” These are common arguments for why people should eat produce grown and labeled as “non-GMO” or “organic.” While there is certainly room in the market for these forms of agriculture, we should be careful about believing they ...
Read the latest on California's homeless crisis
Is drop in Sacramento homelessness a fluke or trend?
Officials reported a 29% decrease in overall homelessness in 2024 compared to 2022. But this coincides with a change in methodology in how people were counted, as well as a discrepancy between the count and what local nonprofits are finding on the ground. And one year does not make a ...
More Californians plan exit as home prices top $900K
More Californians plan exit as home prices top $900K By Steven Greenhut | August 22, 2024 When I received a job offer to move from Northwest Ohio to Orange County, Calif., in the 1990s, I thought that I had hit the lottery. The 3.1-million-population county has nearly perfect weather, idyllic beaches, ...
Read the latest about California's misguided energy policies
As Chevron Exits California, Will Still Attempt to Buy Its Oil Refineries?
It’s unlikely that was the plan. But it is interesting that at roughly the same time Chevron made its announcement, which was no surprise to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office, the California Energy Commission issued a staff report that includes a dedicated section (Chapter 3, page 7) on “State-Owned Refineries.” It’s ...
Learn about the latest soft on crime proposal coming from the State Capitol
SB 94 Comes Back to Life –Plan Would Release Multiple Murderers and Rapists
Yet today, the overwhelming majority of California’s violent inmates are already or will be eligible for a parole hearing and potential release. And they are being released in record numbers. It is a common misconception that California’s prisons are full of non-violent offenders. That ended with the passage of AB ...
Latest Experiment Further Proof That Basic Income Doesn’t Lift People Out of Poverty
Under the experiment, which was funded by OpenAI founder Sam Altman, 1,000 participants in Texas and Illinois received $1,000 per month for three years starting in 2020, with a control group of 2,000 additional participants who received $50 per month. The recipients earned an average income of less than $29,000 ...
Court frees cities to deal with their homelessness crises
Court frees cities to deal with their homelessness crises By Steven Greenhut | August 16, 2024 SACRAMENTO – During a recent trip to Grants Pass, Ore., I took a photo of the city’s iconic downtown sign stating, “It’s the Climate” and then posted it on social media as I often do with ...
Read about Biden drug price control plan
The Damage from Price Controls on Pharmaceuticals Begins
The federal government has announced the long-awaited results from the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) drug price negotiations.[1] The Biden Administration has been crowing that they have achieved “a historic moment that will help lower prescription drug prices for millions of people across America.” Nothing could be further from the ...
Read the latest from PRI's Free Cities Center
States right to ‘pre-empt’ cities that violate citizens’ liberty
Conservatives and right-of-center types tend to believe in the Jeffersonian principle that “the government closest to the people serves the people best.” As brilliant as Thomas Jefferson was, he couldn’t possibly get everything right, and on this count, he’s only about half correct. Sure, it’s easier to march down to ...
The Gordon Chang Report–North Korea: Desperate and Dangerous
READ THE PDF North Korea: Desperate and Dangerous North Korea publicly executed about 30 middle school students for watching South Korean dramas according to a TV Chosun report. The report cited a South Korean government official. The dramas were stored on USB drives that had been lofted across the Demilitarized ...
Broccoli does not occur in nature, we should still eat it
“I only eat things that are natural.” “This color doesn’t occur in nature.” These are common arguments for why people should eat produce grown and labeled as “non-GMO” or “organic.” While there is certainly room in the market for these forms of agriculture, we should be careful about believing they ...
