Watch PRI’s interview with Rick Caruso – one year after the wildfires
Pacific Research Institute
January 7, 2026
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 ...
The Real Profiteers in Healthcare Aren’t Drugmakers
Sally C. Pipes
April 1, 2026
Pressure is building on Capitol Hill for Congress to codify President Trump’s “most favored nation” drug-pricing initiative into law. The administration has already struck deals with more than a dozen drugmakers to sell medicines to Medicaid, the federal-state health plan ...
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Fraud in California Community Colleges Spurs Congress to Act
Lance Izumi
April 1, 2026
Across the country, financial aid fraud in higher education has skyrocketed, causing big budgetary hits for colleges and negative impacts for law-abiding students in true need. Perhaps the biggest explosion in financial aid fraud has taken place in the nation’s ...
What Happens When the Government Pays for Enrollment Without Verifying Attendance
Anthony Velasquez
March 31, 2026
To understand why, you have to understand how the system actually works. The state does not simply write checks to parents. A low-income family qualifies for a subsidy, selects a licensed provider, and the state reimburses that provider directly on the ...
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Fraud in California Community Colleges Spurs Congress to Act
Lance Izumi
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