Pacific Research Institute
California
Sally Pipes Receives “Beacon of Light” Americanism Award
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes recently was honored by the Thousand Oaks Republican Womens Federated with the “Beacon of Light” Americanism Award. Pipes was recognized for her efforts to educate Americans on the false promises of single-payer health care. Watch ...
California
Listen to Hon. Dan Kolkey discuss Cal Fire case on Daily Journal “Appellate Report” Podcast
Listen to the Hon. Dan Kolkey, PRI board member and attorney with Gibson Dunn, discuss the closely watched case Cal Fire v. CalPERS and the State of California. The case challenges the ability of state and local governments to adjust future pension benefits for current workers. PRI has submitted an amicus brief in the case because ...
Climate Change
Read Daily Caller Story on Legislating Energy Poverty
Study: Climate Change Laws in New York and California Are Hurting Poor People the Most By Jason Hopkins A new report finds that climate change-related regulation in Democratic-controlled states is negatively impacting minority communities, while not effectively lowering green house gas emissions. The Pacific Research Institute (PRI) — a free-market ...
Blog
What We’re Watching – Remembering 41
Rowena Itchon – Highlights from a Tribute to an American Hero For those of us who spend much of our day behind a desk and not able to watch Pres. George H.W. Bush’s funeral, here are some highlights. Tim Anaya – A 38 Year Old Interviews Shows What True Leader ...
Environment
Tim Anaya Discusses New Solar Home Mandate on KPBS Evening Edition
Watch PRI Communications Director Tim Anaya discuss the new state solar home mandate on KPBS “Evening Edition”. Anaya makes the case that the mandate is another example of state government legislating energy poverty and increasing energy burdens on poor, rural and minority communities.
Podcast
Sarah Rose Siskind – Making America Laugh Again
Former PRI intern, and now stand-up comic and lead writer for “StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson” Sarah Rose Siskind joins us to discuss the state of comedy in America today. We discuss how she got into comedy, whether we can laugh in an era of everyone being “triggered”, how social ...
Commentary
Assisted Suicide for Alzheimer’s Patients Raises Incredibly Difficult Issues
By Josh Bloom and Henry I. Miller, M.S., M.D. Medical ethics can be thorny even with relatively benign topics. But physician-assisted suicide to achieve “death with dignity’ is especially fraught. It raises issues of personal beliefs, religion, human rights, end-of-life-care, informed consent, the law and euthanasia. This subject was brought ...
Electric Vehicles
“Costly Subsidies for the Rich” Cited in Moneywatch Story on EV Tax Credits
Can Trump yank GM’s electric vehicle tax credit? By Rachel Layne On Tuesday, President Donald Trump vented his anger at General Motors after the company announced several plant closings and more than 14,000 layoffs. The president threatened to eliminate tax credits for GM’s electric vehicles along with other tax breaks and subsidies. ...
Blog
What We’re Watching – A Portrait Unveiling Fit for a Tax Cutter
Tim Anaya – A Portrait Unveiling Fit for a Tax Cutter House Speaker Paul Ryan is retiring this month from Congress. A life-long advocate for lower taxes and free-market policies, his favorite role in Congress was not as Speaker, but as chair of the House Budget Committee. As he prepares ...
Business & Economics
Latest report cites need for reform of job-killing occupational licensing regulations
By Bethany Blankley The latest report calling for occupational licensing reforms joins others in saying that strict licensing requirements cost millions of jobs, billions of dollars in economic costs, and reduced overall GDP . . . “All too often, the licensing requirements are an obstacle for qualified professionals to compete ...
Sally Pipes Receives “Beacon of Light” Americanism Award
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes recently was honored by the Thousand Oaks Republican Womens Federated with the “Beacon of Light” Americanism Award. Pipes was recognized for her efforts to educate Americans on the false promises of single-payer health care. Watch ...
Listen to Hon. Dan Kolkey discuss Cal Fire case on Daily Journal “Appellate Report” Podcast
Listen to the Hon. Dan Kolkey, PRI board member and attorney with Gibson Dunn, discuss the closely watched case Cal Fire v. CalPERS and the State of California. The case challenges the ability of state and local governments to adjust future pension benefits for current workers. PRI has submitted an amicus brief in the case because ...
Read Daily Caller Story on Legislating Energy Poverty
Study: Climate Change Laws in New York and California Are Hurting Poor People the Most By Jason Hopkins A new report finds that climate change-related regulation in Democratic-controlled states is negatively impacting minority communities, while not effectively lowering green house gas emissions. The Pacific Research Institute (PRI) — a free-market ...
What We’re Watching – Remembering 41
Rowena Itchon – Highlights from a Tribute to an American Hero For those of us who spend much of our day behind a desk and not able to watch Pres. George H.W. Bush’s funeral, here are some highlights. Tim Anaya – A 38 Year Old Interviews Shows What True Leader ...
Tim Anaya Discusses New Solar Home Mandate on KPBS Evening Edition
Watch PRI Communications Director Tim Anaya discuss the new state solar home mandate on KPBS “Evening Edition”. Anaya makes the case that the mandate is another example of state government legislating energy poverty and increasing energy burdens on poor, rural and minority communities.
Sarah Rose Siskind – Making America Laugh Again
Former PRI intern, and now stand-up comic and lead writer for “StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson” Sarah Rose Siskind joins us to discuss the state of comedy in America today. We discuss how she got into comedy, whether we can laugh in an era of everyone being “triggered”, how social ...
Assisted Suicide for Alzheimer’s Patients Raises Incredibly Difficult Issues
By Josh Bloom and Henry I. Miller, M.S., M.D. Medical ethics can be thorny even with relatively benign topics. But physician-assisted suicide to achieve “death with dignity’ is especially fraught. It raises issues of personal beliefs, religion, human rights, end-of-life-care, informed consent, the law and euthanasia. This subject was brought ...
“Costly Subsidies for the Rich” Cited in Moneywatch Story on EV Tax Credits
Can Trump yank GM’s electric vehicle tax credit? By Rachel Layne On Tuesday, President Donald Trump vented his anger at General Motors after the company announced several plant closings and more than 14,000 layoffs. The president threatened to eliminate tax credits for GM’s electric vehicles along with other tax breaks and subsidies. ...
What We’re Watching – A Portrait Unveiling Fit for a Tax Cutter
Tim Anaya – A Portrait Unveiling Fit for a Tax Cutter House Speaker Paul Ryan is retiring this month from Congress. A life-long advocate for lower taxes and free-market policies, his favorite role in Congress was not as Speaker, but as chair of the House Budget Committee. As he prepares ...
Latest report cites need for reform of job-killing occupational licensing regulations
By Bethany Blankley The latest report calling for occupational licensing reforms joins others in saying that strict licensing requirements cost millions of jobs, billions of dollars in economic costs, and reduced overall GDP . . . “All too often, the licensing requirements are an obstacle for qualified professionals to compete ...
