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.
Charter reform is fine, but sinkhole points to LA’s deeper problems
Sarah Downey
August 20, 2026
That’s just one facet of the recommendations delivered to Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission (CRC) members in April while the primary campaign was in full swing. An abundance of Angelenos clearly want something better than spending their tax dollars on ...
Why the DSA’s Medicare-for-All dream threatens us with a real-life nightmare
Sally C. Pipes
August 19, 2026
Single-payer health care is back on the political agenda, pushed by Democratic Socialists and their leftist allies as the answer to Americans’ frustrations with private medical insurers. But while excoriating insurance companies may be good politics, forcing everyone into a ...
Senate Democrats Eyeing Public Option
Sally C. Pipes
August 19, 2026
Senate Democrats are once again laying the groundwork for a federal public option. Last week, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and his fellow Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee released a request for information seeking ideas to expand health coverage — ...
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CMS Undermining Next Generation of Medicines
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