Why Are Grocery Prices Still Rising? New Study Says Washington Is Targeting the Wrong Problem
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
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.
New Mexico’s ‘free’ childcare program is another costly disaster
New Mexico’s ‘free’ childcare program is another costly disaster by Paul Gessing | September 18, 2026 National media outlets which rarely report on any news from New Mexico were eager to report on the big news this past November that ...
Millions of women missing breast cancer screenings due to red tape
More than 8 million American women between 45 and 64 are overdue for breast-cancer screening. That’s a staggering number for a disease expected to kill more than 40,000 women this year. The consequences of finding breast cancer late can be ...
‘Inclusionary zoning’ seems designed to exclude new housing
One often-overlooked impediment to housing construction is something known as “inclusionary zoning,” which requires builders to set aside lower-income housing in order to gain a project’s approval — or pay a large fee to the local government. A July study ...
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Oakland has become one of America’s most visible symbols of illegal dumping. Discarded mattresses line neighborhood streets. Sofas, refrigerators, tires, construction debris and bags of ...
Senate Democrats Eyeing Public Option
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 ...
Why the DSA’s Medicare-for-All dream threatens us with a real-life nightmare
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 ...
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