New Issue Brief: Biopharma Drug Makers Are Not the Most Profitable Players in Health Care
A new issue brief released by the Center for Medical Economics and Innovation at the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute finds that innovative drug manufacturers earn some of the lowest risk-adjusted returns in the U.S. health care system, despite making the ...
Watch PRI’s interview with Rick Caruso – one year after the wildfires
In this special Free Cities Center interview, Rick Caruso – founder and executive chairman of Caruso, longtime civic and philanthropic leader in Los Angeles and former mayor candidate – discusses LA’s rebuilding efforts one year after the wildfires. He shares ...
A simple few steps to provide more affordable, safer housing
A simple few steps to provide more affordable, safer housing By Sal Rodriguez | February 6, 2026 Over the past few years, states and cities across the country have moved to cut red tape around their housing markets in order ...
Housing costs drove the majority of nation’s fertility drop
The top reason ex-Californians cite for leaving is housing costs — 890,000 exiters over the past decade named the cost of housing as their primary reason for leaving, compared to 514,000 for work and 329,000 for family. The National Taxpayers Union estimates ...
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Spending Watch: The Taxing Wealth Tax
The Taxing Wealth Tax Wayne Winegarden February 2026 To his credit, Governor Newsom is vowing to stop the wealth tax. As we noted in our response to Governor Newsom’s January budget, just the possibility that a 5 percent wealth tax ...
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Treating Drug Trafficking Like a Security Threat Matters at Home
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Alexis Wilkins Interview Of Sally Pipes
PRI’s Sally Pipes discusses health care policy and the threat of single payer with podcast host Alexis Wilkins. Listen to the entire podcast here.
Sexual Assault at California’s Colleges and Universities: A Policy and Public Safety Issue
California Campus Data Clery data from California’s largest universities illustrate the scale of the issue: UC Berkeley and UCLA each reported 61 rapes in 2023. When ...
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