Why Are Grocery Prices Still Rising? New Study Says Washington Is Targeting the Wrong Problem
Wayne H Winegarden
August 3, 2026
SACRAMENTO – With grocery prices continuing to climb and Americans searching for answers, a new study released today by the Pacific Research Institute concludes that Washington is focusing on the wrong solution. While the Federal Trade Commission has launched an ...
Watch: Learn How California’s New Reforms Are Making it Easier to Build ADUs
Pacific Research Institute
July 13, 2026
Watch below as a Sacramento-area homeowner gives us a tour of her family’s newly-build ADU and learn how California’s new reforms are making it much easier to build new ADUs.
Biosimilars offer NC rare opportunity to save millions without cutting care
Wayne Winegarden
August 5, 2026
As healthcare costs continue to rise, North Carolina lawmakers face a difficult and increasingly ongoing challenge: how to preserve quality health coverage for more than 750,000 teachers, state employees, retirees and their families without asking taxpayers to spend more or ...
The Gordon Chang Report: China Annexing the South China Sea—and the Pacific Ocean
Gordon Chang
August 5, 2026
READ THE PDF China Annexing the South China Sea— and the Pacific Ocean On July 25, Global Times, the Chinese tabloid run by People’s Daily, warned the Philippines that China might build a military base on Scarborough Shoal, which Beijing ...
Should Californians Trust New Antitrust Legislation?
Kerry Jackson
August 4, 2026
The Legislature returns this week from its summer recess, kicking off one more month of lawmaking. One proposal that’s expected to draw heavy fire is a bill that beefs up the state’s antitrust law, which is already so harsh that it’s not fit to ...
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