Pacific Research Institute
Crime
Watch PRI’s Steve Smith on ABC 7 discussing falling Bay Area crime rates
Watch as PRI’s Steve Smith talks with ABC 7 News’ Cameron Bopp about the latest data showing violent crime rates are falling in the Bay Area and nationally.
California
What is Gavin Newsom doing all day?
This week, Tim and Matt discuss the latest release of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s calendar and explore the larger issue of public officials in California releasing their schedules. They also discuss Newsom’s political roadshow to Michigan, the California Labor Federation endorsing the wealth tax, and California Forever making an end of ...
Health Care
Watch Sally Pipes on Newsmax on Socialists Pushing Medicare for All
Watch as PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally Pipes discusses the renewed push for Medicare for All by socialists like Bernie Sanders and Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on “Wake Up America” on Newsmax TV.
California
Assembly Republicans Oust Their Leader
This week, Tim and Matt discuss the breaking news that Assembly Republicans have voted to oust Heath Flora as Leader, in favor of Alexandra Macedo. They also discuss California Democrats voting to endorse the wealth tax ballot measure, Gavin Newsom trumpeting the latest state minimum wage hike, and Steve Hilton ...
Drug Innovation
California Supreme Court Decision Protects Future Medical Innovation
The Pacific Research Institute – the non-partisan, California-based, free-market think tank – today hailed a landmark California Supreme Court decision protecting future medical innovation. The ruling in the Gilead Tenofir Cases overturns a lower court decision that threatened to expose pharmaceutical innovators to sweeping new liability for decisions about the ...
California
The Grizzly Bear Days of Summer
This week, Tim and Matt discuss the federal government halting some Medi-Cal payments to California due to fraud, Steve Hilton’s campaign appealing to anti-Trump voters, and Xavier Becerra being criticized for discussing street vendors. Then, they discuss a proposal to reintroduce the grizzly bear population to California.
Free Cities
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.
California
Why the New State Budget Strips Power From Tony Thurmond . . . And Other Big Capitol News
This week, Tim and Matt talk about how they celebrated America’s 250th birthday. Then they discuss the hot news at the State Capitol including the (finally) enacted 2026-27 state budget, a last-minuted budget provision shifting more power over education into the Governor’s office, Gov. Newsom coming out for a federal ...
340B
Dr. Wayne Winegarden featured in Golden State Today: 340B Transparency is “Nonexistent”
California economist: ‘The transparency is nonexistent’ in federal 340b drug discount program By A. R. Baird A California healthcare economist is calling for greater transparency in the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program, arguing that lawmakers, taxpayers and even participating hospitals lack sufficient reporting to determine whether billions of dollars in ...
340B
Listen to Wayne Winegarden on the Health Policy Podcast: The $100 Billion Loophole: Why 340B Reform is Essential
In the Health Policy Podcast episode featuring Wayne Winegarden from the Pacific Research Institute, the discussion centers on the 340B Drug Pricing Program. Winegarden critiques the program’s lack of transparency and its unintended consequences, which have led to large hospital systems profiting at the expense of smaller institutions and patients. ...
Watch PRI’s Steve Smith on ABC 7 discussing falling Bay Area crime rates
Watch as PRI’s Steve Smith talks with ABC 7 News’ Cameron Bopp about the latest data showing violent crime rates are falling in the Bay Area and nationally.
What is Gavin Newsom doing all day?
This week, Tim and Matt discuss the latest release of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s calendar and explore the larger issue of public officials in California releasing their schedules. They also discuss Newsom’s political roadshow to Michigan, the California Labor Federation endorsing the wealth tax, and California Forever making an end of ...
Watch Sally Pipes on Newsmax on Socialists Pushing Medicare for All
Watch as PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally Pipes discusses the renewed push for Medicare for All by socialists like Bernie Sanders and Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on “Wake Up America” on Newsmax TV.
Assembly Republicans Oust Their Leader
This week, Tim and Matt discuss the breaking news that Assembly Republicans have voted to oust Heath Flora as Leader, in favor of Alexandra Macedo. They also discuss California Democrats voting to endorse the wealth tax ballot measure, Gavin Newsom trumpeting the latest state minimum wage hike, and Steve Hilton ...
California Supreme Court Decision Protects Future Medical Innovation
The Pacific Research Institute – the non-partisan, California-based, free-market think tank – today hailed a landmark California Supreme Court decision protecting future medical innovation. The ruling in the Gilead Tenofir Cases overturns a lower court decision that threatened to expose pharmaceutical innovators to sweeping new liability for decisions about the ...
The Grizzly Bear Days of Summer
This week, Tim and Matt discuss the federal government halting some Medi-Cal payments to California due to fraud, Steve Hilton’s campaign appealing to anti-Trump voters, and Xavier Becerra being criticized for discussing street vendors. Then, they discuss a proposal to reintroduce the grizzly bear population to California.
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.
Why the New State Budget Strips Power From Tony Thurmond . . . And Other Big Capitol News
This week, Tim and Matt talk about how they celebrated America’s 250th birthday. Then they discuss the hot news at the State Capitol including the (finally) enacted 2026-27 state budget, a last-minuted budget provision shifting more power over education into the Governor’s office, Gov. Newsom coming out for a federal ...
Dr. Wayne Winegarden featured in Golden State Today: 340B Transparency is “Nonexistent”
California economist: ‘The transparency is nonexistent’ in federal 340b drug discount program By A. R. Baird A California healthcare economist is calling for greater transparency in the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program, arguing that lawmakers, taxpayers and even participating hospitals lack sufficient reporting to determine whether billions of dollars in ...
Listen to Wayne Winegarden on the Health Policy Podcast: The $100 Billion Loophole: Why 340B Reform is Essential
In the Health Policy Podcast episode featuring Wayne Winegarden from the Pacific Research Institute, the discussion centers on the 340B Drug Pricing Program. Winegarden critiques the program’s lack of transparency and its unintended consequences, which have led to large hospital systems profiting at the expense of smaller institutions and patients. ...