New PRI Study Finds California Job Growth Lags Nation, High Costs Turn State’s Income Advantage into 35% Deficit
Wayne Winegarden and Kerry Jackson
April 9, 2026
A new study released today by the Pacific Research Institute finds that California’s economic performance has fallen sharply behind the rest of the nation, with job growth since the COVID-19 pandemic at less than half the national rate, while the ...
Impact Magazine Spring 2026
Pacific Research Institute
June 5, 2026
READ THE MAGAZINE Dear Friends and Supporters, Happy 250th, America! At Pacific Research Institute, we are celebrating the semiquincentennial all year long. We are producing patriotic programming that honors the nation’s founders and the great principles upon which this country ...
Americans Get Medicines First – Why?
Sally C. Pipes
June 5, 2026
Americans hear a lot these days about how Europe has healthcare all figured out. Progressives love pointing to countries like Britain, France, and Canada as models America should follow — especially when it comes to prescription drug prices. What they ...
SMART bomb: Wine country’s commuter-rail catastrophe
D. Dowd Muska
June 5, 2026
SMART bomb: Wine country’s commuter-rail catastrophe By D. Dowd Muska | June 5, 2026 BOOK REVIEW: “The Great Train Heist: The California SMART Taxpayer Rip-off” They tried in 1990. It didn’t work. They tried in 1998. Nothing doing. They tried ...
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