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Report: Majority Of Middle-Class Public High Schools In Colorado Underperform
A large majority of “middle class” public high schools in Colorado had half or more of their students fail to reach proficiency on at least one state math or reading exam, according to a recent report from the Pacific Research Institute. Middle class schools were defined by the study as ...
Business & Economics
Increasing Benefits Without Reducing Jobs
Thought leaders on the left believe we can save federal government dollars by making employers pay more to their employees. Ralph Nader’s recent blog on the Huffington Post cites a Center for American Progress study that welfare rolls would drop by 6 percent if a minimum wage of $10.10 were ...
Health Care
Too Soon To Start Writing Obamacare’s Death Certificate
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) insisted Tuesday that the individual health insurance markets under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have a strong future, despite a warning from one of the nation’s biggest insurers that it may drop out of the markets due to unsustainable losses. United Health ...
California
California Public Employees Unions Join Forces To Oppose Charter Growth
Teachers unions in Los Angeles (LA) and other public employee unions formed a coalition to fight the expansion of charter schools in California. The expansion effort, led by the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation (BF), aims at more than doubling the number of students attending public charter schools in Los ...
Health Care
Obamacare Co-Op Mess Causes $1.3 Billion In Losses
Obamacare health insurance co-ops surged past the $1 billion mark in losses this week, making history of sorts. The insolvencies, totaling $1.36 billion, mean that the co-ops have burned through more than half of the original $2 billion appropriated in 2010 for the program under the Affordable Care Act. The ...
Business & Economics
Indiana’s Business Climate Wins More Awards
Forbes Magazine ranked Indiana eighth in its annual Best States for Business list, and ranked the state’s regulatory environment as second best in the country. The Pacific Research Institute also placed Indiana No. 1 in the nation for its small-business regulatory climate. “Today, more Hoosiers are going to work than ...
Business & Economics
Hillary’s Wrong: California’s Paid Family Leave Mandate Hurting Small Business, State
Regulation: Hillary Clinton claimed that California’s paid family leave mandate hasn’t hurt business and job growth, and ought to be expanded nationwide. But a recent study shows that she’s living in a statist dream world. Clinton made the ill-informed remark at Tuesday’s Democratic presidential debate during an exchange with CNN’s ...
Business & Economics
Why Are All These California Companies Moving To Texas? Here Are A Bunch Of Reasons
A new study from the San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute has ranked the regulatory climate for small businesses in California the worst out of all 50 states — and the Bay Area is a prime example of why. The reasons? Costly regulations on short-term disability insurance and a minimum wage ...
Business & Economics
California, And Particularly The Bay Area, Has Worst Regulatory Climate For Small Businesses, Study Says
A new study from the San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute has ranked the regulatory climate for small businesses in California the worst out of all 50 states — and the Bay Area is a prime example of why. The reasons? Costly regulations on short-term disability insurance and a minimum wage ...
Blended Learning
Impact Magazine — Summer 2015
As we look forward to a busy summer, PRI remains committed to its mission of championing freedom, opportunity, and personal responsibility for all individuals by advancing market-based policy solutions. I can’t help but be proud of the impact we have made on the public policy debate and I hope you ...
Report: Majority Of Middle-Class Public High Schools In Colorado Underperform
A large majority of “middle class” public high schools in Colorado had half or more of their students fail to reach proficiency on at least one state math or reading exam, according to a recent report from the Pacific Research Institute. Middle class schools were defined by the study as ...
Increasing Benefits Without Reducing Jobs
Thought leaders on the left believe we can save federal government dollars by making employers pay more to their employees. Ralph Nader’s recent blog on the Huffington Post cites a Center for American Progress study that welfare rolls would drop by 6 percent if a minimum wage of $10.10 were ...
Too Soon To Start Writing Obamacare’s Death Certificate
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) insisted Tuesday that the individual health insurance markets under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have a strong future, despite a warning from one of the nation’s biggest insurers that it may drop out of the markets due to unsustainable losses. United Health ...
California Public Employees Unions Join Forces To Oppose Charter Growth
Teachers unions in Los Angeles (LA) and other public employee unions formed a coalition to fight the expansion of charter schools in California. The expansion effort, led by the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation (BF), aims at more than doubling the number of students attending public charter schools in Los ...
Obamacare Co-Op Mess Causes $1.3 Billion In Losses
Obamacare health insurance co-ops surged past the $1 billion mark in losses this week, making history of sorts. The insolvencies, totaling $1.36 billion, mean that the co-ops have burned through more than half of the original $2 billion appropriated in 2010 for the program under the Affordable Care Act. The ...
Indiana’s Business Climate Wins More Awards
Forbes Magazine ranked Indiana eighth in its annual Best States for Business list, and ranked the state’s regulatory environment as second best in the country. The Pacific Research Institute also placed Indiana No. 1 in the nation for its small-business regulatory climate. “Today, more Hoosiers are going to work than ...
Hillary’s Wrong: California’s Paid Family Leave Mandate Hurting Small Business, State
Regulation: Hillary Clinton claimed that California’s paid family leave mandate hasn’t hurt business and job growth, and ought to be expanded nationwide. But a recent study shows that she’s living in a statist dream world. Clinton made the ill-informed remark at Tuesday’s Democratic presidential debate during an exchange with CNN’s ...
Why Are All These California Companies Moving To Texas? Here Are A Bunch Of Reasons
A new study from the San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute has ranked the regulatory climate for small businesses in California the worst out of all 50 states — and the Bay Area is a prime example of why. The reasons? Costly regulations on short-term disability insurance and a minimum wage ...
California, And Particularly The Bay Area, Has Worst Regulatory Climate For Small Businesses, Study Says
A new study from the San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute has ranked the regulatory climate for small businesses in California the worst out of all 50 states — and the Bay Area is a prime example of why. The reasons? Costly regulations on short-term disability insurance and a minimum wage ...
Impact Magazine — Summer 2015
As we look forward to a busy summer, PRI remains committed to its mission of championing freedom, opportunity, and personal responsibility for all individuals by advancing market-based policy solutions. I can’t help but be proud of the impact we have made on the public policy debate and I hope you ...
