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PRI’s Evan Harris Discusses College Athlete Pay Bill on Newsy

Evan Harris, PRI’s Media Relations and Outreach Manager, spoke with Newsy about California Governor Gavin Newsom signing Senate Bill 206, the Fair Pay to Play Act, into law. The new law will allow NCAA college athletes to receive compensation and endorsements for their name, image, and likeness.
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California Globe Article on Charter Schools Features Lance Izumi

Gov. Gavin Newsom sent out a press release Wednesday announcing that he will sign “the first major overhaul to the charter schools law since its enactment 27 years ago, and will address longstanding challenges for both traditional public school districts and charter schools.” . . . . . .“’Taken together,’ says ...
Business & Economics

Kerry Jackson Quoted in Epoch Times Article on California Poverty

California continues to lead the nation in poverty, according to a recent Census Bureau report. The report (pdf), released in September 2019, measured states’ functional poverty rates, which takes into account the cost of living and other factors. California has the highest of any state, with about 18.2 percent of the population ...
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Is California’s Data Privacy Law a Ticking Time Bomb for Business?

With the deadline for California Governor Gavin Newsom to sign or veto legislation fast approaching, one public policy issue that received little to no attention at the end of California’s legislative session is the state’s pending data privacy law. In 2018, the California Consumer Privacy Act was made law when ...
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When They Don’t Have to Do the Time, They’ll Do the Crime

When Proposition 47 was passed, no small number of critics said it would lead to increases in property crimes as it downgraded theft to a misdemeanor if the value of the stolen goods or bad checks is less than $950. The threshold had been $450. Five years later, some law ...
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CAPITAL IDEAS: California’s Electric Car Future to Nowhere

DOWNLOAD THE BRIEF California lawmakers won’t give up on their crusade to force everyone in the state into electric cars (before eventually removing us out of our cars altogether). That electric vehicles neither sell nor perform up to reasonable expectations is irrelevant to the anti-car movement in Sacramento. It’s almost ...
Commentary

ObamaCare, not Trump, is adding to the number of uninsured Americans

On Sept. 10, the Census Bureau announced that the share of Americans without health insurance increased for the first time since 2010, the year the Affordable Care Act became law. Defenders of ObamaCare immediately blamed President Trump for the increase in the uninsured rate. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, never one to mince words, said ...
Business & Economics

Damon Dunn – My Life in Poverty and Why Socialism Doesn’t Work

PRI Fellow in Business and Economics Damon Dunn joins us to discuss his new brief on the rise of socialism. He shares stories from his childhood growing up in poverty in Texas as his inspiration for striving to work his way up the economic ladder rather than become addicted to ...
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Lance Izumi Joins the Andy Caldwell Show on AM 1440

Lance Izumi joined the Andy Caldwell Show on AM 1440 and AM 1290 in Santa Barbara to discuss California’s recent charter school compromise and what parents should look out for now that schools are back in session.
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Bill to Change Ballot Measure Process Could Complicate Uber Ballot Measure Push

One of the most contentious battles of this year’s legislative session was AB 5, with labor and gig economy companies duking out over the definition of who is an employee and who is an independent contractor. In this battle over the “new economy” and the “future of work,” there was ...
California

PRI’s Evan Harris Discusses College Athlete Pay Bill on Newsy

Evan Harris, PRI’s Media Relations and Outreach Manager, spoke with Newsy about California Governor Gavin Newsom signing Senate Bill 206, the Fair Pay to Play Act, into law. The new law will allow NCAA college athletes to receive compensation and endorsements for their name, image, and likeness.
California

California Globe Article on Charter Schools Features Lance Izumi

Gov. Gavin Newsom sent out a press release Wednesday announcing that he will sign “the first major overhaul to the charter schools law since its enactment 27 years ago, and will address longstanding challenges for both traditional public school districts and charter schools.” . . . . . .“’Taken together,’ says ...
Business & Economics

Kerry Jackson Quoted in Epoch Times Article on California Poverty

California continues to lead the nation in poverty, according to a recent Census Bureau report. The report (pdf), released in September 2019, measured states’ functional poverty rates, which takes into account the cost of living and other factors. California has the highest of any state, with about 18.2 percent of the population ...
Blog

Is California’s Data Privacy Law a Ticking Time Bomb for Business?

With the deadline for California Governor Gavin Newsom to sign or veto legislation fast approaching, one public policy issue that received little to no attention at the end of California’s legislative session is the state’s pending data privacy law. In 2018, the California Consumer Privacy Act was made law when ...
Blog

When They Don’t Have to Do the Time, They’ll Do the Crime

When Proposition 47 was passed, no small number of critics said it would lead to increases in property crimes as it downgraded theft to a misdemeanor if the value of the stolen goods or bad checks is less than $950. The threshold had been $450. Five years later, some law ...
Blog

CAPITAL IDEAS: California’s Electric Car Future to Nowhere

DOWNLOAD THE BRIEF California lawmakers won’t give up on their crusade to force everyone in the state into electric cars (before eventually removing us out of our cars altogether). That electric vehicles neither sell nor perform up to reasonable expectations is irrelevant to the anti-car movement in Sacramento. It’s almost ...
Commentary

ObamaCare, not Trump, is adding to the number of uninsured Americans

On Sept. 10, the Census Bureau announced that the share of Americans without health insurance increased for the first time since 2010, the year the Affordable Care Act became law. Defenders of ObamaCare immediately blamed President Trump for the increase in the uninsured rate. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, never one to mince words, said ...
Business & Economics

Damon Dunn – My Life in Poverty and Why Socialism Doesn’t Work

PRI Fellow in Business and Economics Damon Dunn joins us to discuss his new brief on the rise of socialism. He shares stories from his childhood growing up in poverty in Texas as his inspiration for striving to work his way up the economic ladder rather than become addicted to ...
California

Lance Izumi Joins the Andy Caldwell Show on AM 1440

Lance Izumi joined the Andy Caldwell Show on AM 1440 and AM 1290 in Santa Barbara to discuss California’s recent charter school compromise and what parents should look out for now that schools are back in session.
Blog

Bill to Change Ballot Measure Process Could Complicate Uber Ballot Measure Push

One of the most contentious battles of this year’s legislative session was AB 5, with labor and gig economy companies duking out over the definition of who is an employee and who is an independent contractor. In this battle over the “new economy” and the “future of work,” there was ...
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