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Anne Marie Schubert – The Rising Crime in California

In this podcast our guest is Anne Marie Schubert, District Attorney for Sacramento County.  Ms. Schubert along with 44 DAs are suing Gov. Newsom for his policy to allow 76,000 inmates – including many who committed violent crimes – to attain early release with good behavior credits.  We also discuss ...
Charter Schools

Lance Izumi Interviewed on Controversial Bill Targeting Charter Schools

Board of Education Opposes Bill That Takes Aim at Charter Schools By Jack Bradley The Orange County Board of Education passed a resolution June 2 to oppose a bill that it claims would harm charter schools. Introduced by California Assemblyman Patrick O’Donnell (D-Long Beach), AB 1316 will move through the State Assembly in June. The ...
Environment

Steven Greenhut Featured in Deseret News Column on Western U.S. Drought

As the drought worsens, let’s not be stupid By Jay Evensen The summer of thirst has begun. Maybe you won’t find yourself short of drinking water — we can hope so, anyway — but everything around you won’t be so lucky. Your lawn, your dirty car and the little things ...
Blog

Been There, Done That on Unaffordable Energy Mandates

The Biden Administration wants to impose a national version of California’s unrealistic and unaffordable renewable energy mandates. California Has “Been There, Done That” California has established the nation’s most aggressive renewable portfolio goal, which was just recently increased in 2018, with a goal of generating 100 percent of its electricity ...
Blackouts

California Think Tank Launches “Been There, Done That” Campaign

Campaign Will Show What U.S. Could Face if California Progressive Agenda Goes National SACRAMENTO – With California recently declared by the Los Angeles Times as “the de-facto policy think tank of the Biden-Harris Administration,” the Pacific Research Institute – California’s leading free-market think tank – today launched a “Been There, ...
Obamacare

Erik Jaffe – The U.S. Supreme Court Cases this Session

The featured guest for this podcast Erik Jaffe, partner at Schaerr Jaffe, a constitutional lawyer, and a PRI fellow in Legal Studies.  Erik takes us through a tour of the major U.S. Supreme Court cases this session and the constitutional issues in question, from Obamacare to the First Amendment. Erik ...
Climate Change

PRI Launches “Electricity Reality Report” Website to Make Case for Increased Energy Competition

Increased Energy Competition Will Lower Costs, Increase Innovation, Better Address Climate Change Aiming to provide market-based analyses and perspective to educate policymakers and the public about policies impacting competitive electricity markets, the Pacific Research Institute – a California-based, nonpartisan, free-market think tank, today launched the “Electricity Reality Report.” The new ...
Blog

Newsom UBI Plan: Expanding Government Dependency Without Increasing Economic Empowerment

By Wayne Winegarden and Tim Anaya After hiring defeated Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs as a special advisor and flush with a $75.7 billion budget surplus, it was probably inevitable that universal basic income would be included in Gov. Newsom’s massive billion May Revise budget proposal. True to form, Newsom’s budget ...
Business & Economics

Jorge Galicia – The Perils of Socialism

This podcast features Venezuelan Jorge Galicia, a law student who escaped his country and is now speaking to college students nationwide about his experience.  Jorge recounts Venezuela’s path, beginning with socialist policies such as free college and free health care, then descending to the authoritarian regime it is today.  This ...
California

Valley Public Radio Interviews Steven Greenhut on CA Drought

Steven Greenhut, author of PRI’s Winning the Water Wars, joined “Valley Edition” host Kathleen Schock to discuss the California drought and Governor Gavin Newsom’s drought emergency declaration. Greenhut talks about his book, the drought’s impact on the Central Valley and the state, and what Californians can expect. Click here to ...
California

Anne Marie Schubert – The Rising Crime in California

In this podcast our guest is Anne Marie Schubert, District Attorney for Sacramento County.  Ms. Schubert along with 44 DAs are suing Gov. Newsom for his policy to allow 76,000 inmates – including many who committed violent crimes – to attain early release with good behavior credits.  We also discuss ...
Charter Schools

Lance Izumi Interviewed on Controversial Bill Targeting Charter Schools

Board of Education Opposes Bill That Takes Aim at Charter Schools By Jack Bradley The Orange County Board of Education passed a resolution June 2 to oppose a bill that it claims would harm charter schools. Introduced by California Assemblyman Patrick O’Donnell (D-Long Beach), AB 1316 will move through the State Assembly in June. The ...
Environment

Steven Greenhut Featured in Deseret News Column on Western U.S. Drought

As the drought worsens, let’s not be stupid By Jay Evensen The summer of thirst has begun. Maybe you won’t find yourself short of drinking water — we can hope so, anyway — but everything around you won’t be so lucky. Your lawn, your dirty car and the little things ...
Blog

Been There, Done That on Unaffordable Energy Mandates

The Biden Administration wants to impose a national version of California’s unrealistic and unaffordable renewable energy mandates. California Has “Been There, Done That” California has established the nation’s most aggressive renewable portfolio goal, which was just recently increased in 2018, with a goal of generating 100 percent of its electricity ...
Blackouts

California Think Tank Launches “Been There, Done That” Campaign

Campaign Will Show What U.S. Could Face if California Progressive Agenda Goes National SACRAMENTO – With California recently declared by the Los Angeles Times as “the de-facto policy think tank of the Biden-Harris Administration,” the Pacific Research Institute – California’s leading free-market think tank – today launched a “Been There, ...
Obamacare

Erik Jaffe – The U.S. Supreme Court Cases this Session

The featured guest for this podcast Erik Jaffe, partner at Schaerr Jaffe, a constitutional lawyer, and a PRI fellow in Legal Studies.  Erik takes us through a tour of the major U.S. Supreme Court cases this session and the constitutional issues in question, from Obamacare to the First Amendment. Erik ...
Climate Change

PRI Launches “Electricity Reality Report” Website to Make Case for Increased Energy Competition

Increased Energy Competition Will Lower Costs, Increase Innovation, Better Address Climate Change Aiming to provide market-based analyses and perspective to educate policymakers and the public about policies impacting competitive electricity markets, the Pacific Research Institute – a California-based, nonpartisan, free-market think tank, today launched the “Electricity Reality Report.” The new ...
Blog

Newsom UBI Plan: Expanding Government Dependency Without Increasing Economic Empowerment

By Wayne Winegarden and Tim Anaya After hiring defeated Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs as a special advisor and flush with a $75.7 billion budget surplus, it was probably inevitable that universal basic income would be included in Gov. Newsom’s massive billion May Revise budget proposal. True to form, Newsom’s budget ...
Business & Economics

Jorge Galicia – The Perils of Socialism

This podcast features Venezuelan Jorge Galicia, a law student who escaped his country and is now speaking to college students nationwide about his experience.  Jorge recounts Venezuela’s path, beginning with socialist policies such as free college and free health care, then descending to the authoritarian regime it is today.  This ...
California

Valley Public Radio Interviews Steven Greenhut on CA Drought

Steven Greenhut, author of PRI’s Winning the Water Wars, joined “Valley Edition” host Kathleen Schock to discuss the California drought and Governor Gavin Newsom’s drought emergency declaration. Greenhut talks about his book, the drought’s impact on the Central Valley and the state, and what Californians can expect. Click here to ...
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