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 ...
The Gordon Chang Report–A New Phase of the North Korean Threat
Gordon Chang
April 14, 2026
READ THE PDF A New Phase of the North Korean Threat On March 20, Iran launched two intermediate-range ballistic missiles from its territory to Diego Garcia, the joint U.K.-U.S. military base in the Indian Ocean. Fortunately, both missed. Analysts were ...
Uninsured Americans Want Coverage Worth Buying
Sally C. Pipes
April 13, 2026
More than 20 million Americans lack health insurance. Democrats are betting that public concern over that number will propel them back into power this fall. But the headline figure obscures a more important question. Why do so many Americans go ...
Farmer’s share of the grocery dollar shrinks again
Pam Lewison
April 13, 2026
Almost everything from the price of a dinner out to the cost to heat one’s home seems to take a bigger chunk out of the wallet lately. According to the Consumer Price Index, the overall cost of goods rose 2.4 ...
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The Legislature shouldn’t decide what vaccines to make illegal
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