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Sally Pipes Discusses Election Results and Health Care Reform on Newsmax TV
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discusses the future of health care reform with Democrats poised to take control of the House of Representatives with John Cardillo on “America Talks Live” on Newsmax TV.
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What to Expect from California’s New Governor and Liberal Supermajority
The 2018 election has come and passed. To paraphrase California’s governor-elect, Gavin Newsom will move to the “corner office” come January, “whether you like it or not.” While a few races are still up in the air as of this writing, it looks like he will have a Democrat supermajority ...
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Will California Voters Decide to “Fall Back” Permanently on Election Day?
Yesterday, Californians went through our twice-yearly ritual – changing the clocks one hour as our observance of Daylight Saving Time ends. If you’re like me, you spent Saturday night going around the house changing the myriad clocks on the wall and in appliances, while hunting for the owner’s manual to ...
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Voter Registration Scandal Shows Why State Auditor Must Review DMV’s Activities
The problems continue at the scandal-plagued California Department of Motor Vehicles. In August, I wrote about the wait time scandal at the DMV, where Californians applying for a REAL ID Act-compliant license were forced to wait in line for 6 hours or longer to get one. On PRI’s “Next Round” ...
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Why Are We Voting on Cage-Free Eggs and Dialysis Funding?
The other day I was thumbing through California’s official voter information guide to read up on some of the propositions that we’ll be voting on in November. This year, we’ll decide 12 statewide propositions, plus numerous local and county measures. In general, I believe direct democracy is the only way ...
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What Happened to the “Grown-Up in the Room”?
During his second tenure as governor, Jerry Brown has often been called the “grown-up” in the room when forging consensus on major policy issues like spending and public pensions. This has especially been the case comparing Gov. Brown to the extreme progressive left that make up a good chunk of ...
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Government Botches Another Big California Transportation Project
About once a month, I travel by Amtrak to Emeryville, and then by shuttle bus across the bay, for events or meetings at PRI’s San Francisco headquarters. Usually, I take the shuttle bus that stops in front of the Hyatt Regency at the Embarcadero Center, which is about a 10-minute ...
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Union Push for Anaheim “Living Wage” Already Hurting Workers at Happiest Place on Earth
Last week, I celebrated my 42nd birthday in style – taking a few days off following our Baroness Thatcher Gala to enjoy some of the sites of Southern California. I spent a lovely afternoon at Downtown Disney, which is an entertainment district right in between Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure. ...
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Rent Control – Temporary or Not – Won’t Bring Down Sacramento’s Housing Costs
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg is trying to have his cake and eat it too. He announced in June that he opposed a local ballot measure being pushed by labor unions and activist groups to impose new rent control restrictions in Sacramento. That measure, according to the Sacramento Bee, would “cap ...
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What We’re Watching – September 14
Tim Anaya – Dave Rubin interviews Peter Thiel Watch this fascinating interview with past PRI gala speaker Peter Thiel. In a wide-ranging discussion (more than 2 hours long!) with Dave Rubin on “The Rubin Report,” Thiel discusses his work creating PayPal and being the first outside investor in Facebook, his ...
Sally Pipes Discusses Election Results and Health Care Reform on Newsmax TV
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discusses the future of health care reform with Democrats poised to take control of the House of Representatives with John Cardillo on “America Talks Live” on Newsmax TV.
What to Expect from California’s New Governor and Liberal Supermajority
The 2018 election has come and passed. To paraphrase California’s governor-elect, Gavin Newsom will move to the “corner office” come January, “whether you like it or not.” While a few races are still up in the air as of this writing, it looks like he will have a Democrat supermajority ...
Will California Voters Decide to “Fall Back” Permanently on Election Day?
Yesterday, Californians went through our twice-yearly ritual – changing the clocks one hour as our observance of Daylight Saving Time ends. If you’re like me, you spent Saturday night going around the house changing the myriad clocks on the wall and in appliances, while hunting for the owner’s manual to ...
Voter Registration Scandal Shows Why State Auditor Must Review DMV’s Activities
The problems continue at the scandal-plagued California Department of Motor Vehicles. In August, I wrote about the wait time scandal at the DMV, where Californians applying for a REAL ID Act-compliant license were forced to wait in line for 6 hours or longer to get one. On PRI’s “Next Round” ...
Why Are We Voting on Cage-Free Eggs and Dialysis Funding?
The other day I was thumbing through California’s official voter information guide to read up on some of the propositions that we’ll be voting on in November. This year, we’ll decide 12 statewide propositions, plus numerous local and county measures. In general, I believe direct democracy is the only way ...
What Happened to the “Grown-Up in the Room”?
During his second tenure as governor, Jerry Brown has often been called the “grown-up” in the room when forging consensus on major policy issues like spending and public pensions. This has especially been the case comparing Gov. Brown to the extreme progressive left that make up a good chunk of ...
Government Botches Another Big California Transportation Project
About once a month, I travel by Amtrak to Emeryville, and then by shuttle bus across the bay, for events or meetings at PRI’s San Francisco headquarters. Usually, I take the shuttle bus that stops in front of the Hyatt Regency at the Embarcadero Center, which is about a 10-minute ...
Union Push for Anaheim “Living Wage” Already Hurting Workers at Happiest Place on Earth
Last week, I celebrated my 42nd birthday in style – taking a few days off following our Baroness Thatcher Gala to enjoy some of the sites of Southern California. I spent a lovely afternoon at Downtown Disney, which is an entertainment district right in between Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure. ...
Rent Control – Temporary or Not – Won’t Bring Down Sacramento’s Housing Costs
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg is trying to have his cake and eat it too. He announced in June that he opposed a local ballot measure being pushed by labor unions and activist groups to impose new rent control restrictions in Sacramento. That measure, according to the Sacramento Bee, would “cap ...
What We’re Watching – September 14
Tim Anaya – Dave Rubin interviews Peter Thiel Watch this fascinating interview with past PRI gala speaker Peter Thiel. In a wide-ranging discussion (more than 2 hours long!) with Dave Rubin on “The Rubin Report,” Thiel discusses his work creating PayPal and being the first outside investor in Facebook, his ...
