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.
Medicare’s Physician Pay Cut Will Cost Patients
Sally C. Pipes
August 3, 2026
The Trump administration has released Medicare’s proposed physician payment rule for 2027. Buried in the hundreds of pages of technical regulations is a familiar outcome — another cut in what physicians will be paid to care for seniors. Under the ...
Hospital price transparency is good politics — and good policy
Sally C. Pipes
August 3, 2026
Few issues will shape this November’s midterm elections more than the rising cost of healthcare. Republicans returning home for the August recess can point to meaningful progress on one of the biggest drivers of those costs: hospital prices. In recent ...
Beef, it’s what wolves are having for dinner in California
Pam Lewison
August 3, 2026
Researchers from the university collected scat from “wolf pack territories of the Lassen (2022 and 2023) and Harvey (2023) Packs in the Northeastern region of California),” according to the study. Samples were opportunistically collected from roadways and game/livestock trails between ...
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The Real Lesson Of America’s Rising Uninsured Rate
The number of uninsured Americans ticked upward to 26.7 million in 2024, according to an analysis published this month by KFF. The report’s authors attribute ...
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