DOWNLOAD THE PDF The recent record-breaking bomb cyclone that replenished depleted reservoirs and swelled shriveling rivers was not enough to break the drought. So parched is the state that Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a state o...
16 November, 2021
Our guests in this podcast are Wayne Winegarden, PRI senior fellow in business and economics and Kerry Jackson, PRI fellow on California Reform. Wayne and Kerry co-authored PRI’s new study “California Migrating,” which reveals th...
18 October, 2021
By Kerry Jackson and Wayne Winegarden DOWNLOAD THE STUDY Documenting California’s growing outmigration problem, a new study released today by the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute found that harmful policy choices have...
23 September, 2021
Recently, San Diego moved to eliminate minimum parking regulations for businesses near transit and in neighborhood commercial areas. As reported in the San Diego Union-Tribune, the measure—which ended the practice of local regulat...
02 December, 2021
California seems to have become a plunderers’ paradise. Thieves have moved on from shoplifting with large garbage bags at drug stores to violent smash-and-run raids on retailers, some of them during the middle of the day. Neiman-M...
01 December, 2021
Late last month the Biden Administration finally got around to nominating a new commissioner to the Federal Communications Commission to replace Chairman Ajit Pai, who left the FCC at the beginning of the year. Also nominated was ...
29 November, 2021American Enterprise Institute senior fellow and Philanthropy Roundtable Executive Senior Fellow Howard Husock joins us to discuss his new book on housing policy, The Poor Side of Town and Why We Need It. We discuss various “housi...
01 November, 2021Enjoy this recent conversation between Jon Miltimore of the Foundation for Economic Education and PRI’s Evan Harris for our Young Leaders Circle Speaker Series. They discuss socialism, progressive politics, economic news, and the...
25 October, 2021
Our guests in this podcast are Wayne Winegarden, PRI senior fellow in business and economics and Kerry Jackson, PRI fellow on California Reform. Wayne and Kerry co-authored PRI’s new study “California Migrating,” which reveals th...
18 October, 2021
DOWNLOAD THE PDF The recent record-breaking bomb cyclone that replenished depleted reservoirs and swelled shriveling rivers was not enough to break the drought. So parched is the state that Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a state o...
16 November, 2021
By Kerry Jackson and Wayne Winegarden DOWNLOAD THE STUDY Documenting California’s growing outmigration problem, a new study released today by the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute found that harmful policy choices have...
23 September, 2021
One of the Legislature’s jobs in the final month of the 2021 session is to make a high-speed rail funding decision. The question is how many more billions will be wasted this year on a project that sensible lawmakers would have ab...
31 August, 2021Steven Greenhut, editor of the new PRI book “Saving California,” joined Larry Marino on KRLA’s Sunday Morning Newsmakers to talk about the California recall, wildfires, and the many public policy woes facing the ...
08 October, 2021
Listen to Dr. Wayne Winegarden, PRI senior fellow in business and economics, discuss the new PRI report “California Migrating” and why people, jobs, and opportunities are leaving the state with host Carl DeMaio on R...
24 September, 2021Cheddar TV interviewed Steven Greenhut about the recent decision by the federal government to officially declare a first-ever water shortage at Lake Mead. Greenhut talks with “None of the Above” host J.D. Durkin about ...
19 August, 2021
Listen to Dr. Wayne Winegarden, PRI senior fellow in business and economics, discuss the federal infrastructure bill and the impact of higher spending on future entrepreneurship on “Insight with Vicki Gonzalez” on Capi...
29 November, 2021
‘Crazy’ or ‘much ado about nothing’? How Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan could affect inflation By Paul Davidson The White House says its sprawling Build Back Better legislation will create a new f...
20 November, 2021“Everything is going up” on Thanksgiving Menu By Breana Noble and Candice Williams Michiganians should expect to pay more for Thanksgiving dinner this year as labor shortages, inflation, and other supply-chain issues l...
19 November, 2021
Commentary
Will Huntington Beach spill trigger the end of oil in California?
A recent San Diego Union-Tribune story asked the question that’s been on a lot of minds recently: After last month’s Huntington Beach spill, is oil in California at its end? Given the state’s focus on the environment, the answer i...
15 November, 2021California’s Global Warming Approach a Big Waste of Time
Just as Jerry Brown did before him, California Gov. Gavin Newsom had plans to travel overseas to talk about fighting global warming. And like Brown’s venture before him, the trip would have been a waste. Four years ago, Brown, in ...
11 November, 2021A Rare California Victory for Cutting Government Regulations
While criticizing California’s blue state agenda from a limited-government perspective requires little effort, it can be a wearying exercise. So it’s particularly refreshing when the legislature passes, and the governor signs, a b...
29 October, 2021