California
Commentary
Medicaid expansion is a recipe for disaster
This November, voters in Utah, Idaho, Nebraska, and Montana will decide whether to expand Medicaid. Expansion would place huge burdens on taxpayers while offering minimal benefits to new Medicaid enrollees. Last year, voters in Maine became the first to put Medicaid expansion on the ballot after Republican Gov. Paul LePage refused to expand the ...
California
Kerry Jackson featured in New York Times article on California’s liberal policies
Is California a Good Role Model? By Thomas B. Edsall Conservatives argue that California’s liberal politics have failed. They point out that by one key measure the state now has the highest poverty rate in the nation and they argue that its liberal minimum wage and restrictive housing codes have ...
Blog
Why Skills Based Economics Should Be Focus of Free-Market Advocates
In this and succeeding columns, I intend to develop a new paradigm for thinking about economic progress for America in the 21st century. I believe that supporters of free markets are faced with both extraordinary opportunities and great cause for concern in the 21st century. The opportunities for our nation ...
California
Watch PRI’s Tim Anaya Discuss Signing of 100 Percent Renewable Bill on KIEM Redwood News
Watch video! var w=window,d=document,e;w._fpes||(w._fpes=[],w.addEventListener("load",function(){var s=d.createElement("script");s.src="",d.body.appendChild(s)})),e=[].slice.call(d.getElementsByTagName("script"),-1)[0].parentNode,w._fpes.push({e:e,l:"//kiem-tv.com/wp-content/plugins/fv-wordpress-flowplayer/flowplayer/fv-flowplayer.min.js",c:{"ratio":0.5625,"rtmp":0,"live":false,"origin":"https://kiem-tv.com/2018/09/10/governor-brown-signs-ambitious-senate-bill-100-aiming-to-neutralize-californias-carbon-footprint-by-2045/","key":"$768903038890374","swf":"//kiem-tv.com/wp-content/plugins/fv-wordpress-flowplayer/flowplayer/flowplayer.swf?ver=6.2.10","swfHls":"//kiem-tv.com/wp-content/plugins/fv-wordpress-flowplayer/flowplayer/flowplayerhls.swf?ver=6.2.10","embed":{"library":"//kiem-tv.com/wp-content/plugins/fv-wordpress-flowplayer/flowplayer/fv-flowplayer.min.js","script":"//kiem-tv.com/wp-content/plugins/fv-wordpress-flowplayer/flowplayer/embed.min.js","skin":"//kiem-tv.com/wp-content/plugins/fv-wordpress-flowplayer/css/flowplayer.css","swf":"//kiem-tv.com/wp-content/plugins/fv-wordpress-flowplayer/flowplayer/flowplayer.swf?ver=6.2.10","swfHls":"//kiem-tv.com/wp-content/plugins/fv-wordpress-flowplayer/flowplayer/flowplayerhls.swf?ver=6.2.10"},"adaptiveRatio":false,"clip":{"sources":[{"src":"https://www.gothumboldt.com/0910BILLWEB.mp4","type":"video/mp4"}]}}}); Watch PRI’s Communications Director Tim Anaya respond to the signing of legislation creating a 100 percent renewable energy mandate in California (SB 100) on Redwood News on KIEM-TV in Eureka.
California
Your tax dollars used to oppose repeal of fuel tax
Most of us have driven past a road crew and from our vantage point it appeared little was being accomplished. We think of the old jokes asking “how many men does it take” to complete a variety of tasks, because at that moment we see one man working while our ...
Blog
Advice for Global Climate Summit-goers: Don’t Do What We’re Doing!
Today, thousands are gathering in San Francisco for a so-called “Global Climate Action Summit.” Co-hosted by Gov. Jerry Brown, several UN organizations and other leaders, it is billed as a “launchpad for deeper worldwide commitments and accelerated action from countries.” The conference will explore “transformational changes” that are the result ...
California
Steven Greenhut – Bail Reform, Bailouts, and Brown’s Legacy . . . Oh My! The 2018 Legislative Session in Review
Steven Greenhut of the R Street Institute shares his thoughts on the just-completed 2018 legislative session and Jerry Brown’s legacy as governor, the second go-around. We discuss wildfire response legislation, bail reform, 100 percent renewable energy mandates, single-payer health care, soda taxes, and other hot issues.
California
Reforming California’s auto emission standards will bring relief to working poor
California, where there’s been some talk of secession, has long had the privilege of regulating emissions as if it were a nation rather than one of 50 states. A challenge has emerged, though. The Trump administration wants to revoke the federal waiver that allows the state to act autonomously. But ...
Blog
Would California Be Better Off With Part-Time Legislators Rather Than Professional Politicians?
California lawmakers have sent legislation to Gov. Jerry Brown that will allow them to live outside the districts they “represent.” To some, Senate Bill 1250 simply frees legislators to live and work in Sacramento while representing the folks back home. Others argue it lets lawmakers deceive their constituents. We see ...
Business & Economics
Wayne Winegarden Discusses California’s Pension Monster on “The DeMaio Report”
Listen to PRI’s Senior Fellow in Business and Economics Wayne Winegarden discuss his new chartbook and study on California’s $1 trillion pension monster with Carl DeMaio on “The DeMaio Report” on KOGO Radio in San Diego.
Medicaid expansion is a recipe for disaster
This November, voters in Utah, Idaho, Nebraska, and Montana will decide whether to expand Medicaid. Expansion would place huge burdens on taxpayers while offering minimal benefits to new Medicaid enrollees. Last year, voters in Maine became the first to put Medicaid expansion on the ballot after Republican Gov. Paul LePage refused to expand the ...
Kerry Jackson featured in New York Times article on California’s liberal policies
Is California a Good Role Model? By Thomas B. Edsall Conservatives argue that California’s liberal politics have failed. They point out that by one key measure the state now has the highest poverty rate in the nation and they argue that its liberal minimum wage and restrictive housing codes have ...
Why Skills Based Economics Should Be Focus of Free-Market Advocates
In this and succeeding columns, I intend to develop a new paradigm for thinking about economic progress for America in the 21st century. I believe that supporters of free markets are faced with both extraordinary opportunities and great cause for concern in the 21st century. The opportunities for our nation ...
Watch PRI’s Tim Anaya Discuss Signing of 100 Percent Renewable Bill on KIEM Redwood News
Watch video! var w=window,d=document,e;w._fpes||(w._fpes=[],w.addEventListener("load",function(){var s=d.createElement("script");s.src="",d.body.appendChild(s)})),e=[].slice.call(d.getElementsByTagName("script"),-1)[0].parentNode,w._fpes.push({e:e,l:"//kiem-tv.com/wp-content/plugins/fv-wordpress-flowplayer/flowplayer/fv-flowplayer.min.js",c:{"ratio":0.5625,"rtmp":0,"live":false,"origin":"https://kiem-tv.com/2018/09/10/governor-brown-signs-ambitious-senate-bill-100-aiming-to-neutralize-californias-carbon-footprint-by-2045/","key":"$768903038890374","swf":"//kiem-tv.com/wp-content/plugins/fv-wordpress-flowplayer/flowplayer/flowplayer.swf?ver=6.2.10","swfHls":"//kiem-tv.com/wp-content/plugins/fv-wordpress-flowplayer/flowplayer/flowplayerhls.swf?ver=6.2.10","embed":{"library":"//kiem-tv.com/wp-content/plugins/fv-wordpress-flowplayer/flowplayer/fv-flowplayer.min.js","script":"//kiem-tv.com/wp-content/plugins/fv-wordpress-flowplayer/flowplayer/embed.min.js","skin":"//kiem-tv.com/wp-content/plugins/fv-wordpress-flowplayer/css/flowplayer.css","swf":"//kiem-tv.com/wp-content/plugins/fv-wordpress-flowplayer/flowplayer/flowplayer.swf?ver=6.2.10","swfHls":"//kiem-tv.com/wp-content/plugins/fv-wordpress-flowplayer/flowplayer/flowplayerhls.swf?ver=6.2.10"},"adaptiveRatio":false,"clip":{"sources":[{"src":"https://www.gothumboldt.com/0910BILLWEB.mp4","type":"video/mp4"}]}}}); Watch PRI’s Communications Director Tim Anaya respond to the signing of legislation creating a 100 percent renewable energy mandate in California (SB 100) on Redwood News on KIEM-TV in Eureka.
Your tax dollars used to oppose repeal of fuel tax
Most of us have driven past a road crew and from our vantage point it appeared little was being accomplished. We think of the old jokes asking “how many men does it take” to complete a variety of tasks, because at that moment we see one man working while our ...
Advice for Global Climate Summit-goers: Don’t Do What We’re Doing!
Today, thousands are gathering in San Francisco for a so-called “Global Climate Action Summit.” Co-hosted by Gov. Jerry Brown, several UN organizations and other leaders, it is billed as a “launchpad for deeper worldwide commitments and accelerated action from countries.” The conference will explore “transformational changes” that are the result ...
Steven Greenhut – Bail Reform, Bailouts, and Brown’s Legacy . . . Oh My! The 2018 Legislative Session in Review
Steven Greenhut of the R Street Institute shares his thoughts on the just-completed 2018 legislative session and Jerry Brown’s legacy as governor, the second go-around. We discuss wildfire response legislation, bail reform, 100 percent renewable energy mandates, single-payer health care, soda taxes, and other hot issues.
Reforming California’s auto emission standards will bring relief to working poor
California, where there’s been some talk of secession, has long had the privilege of regulating emissions as if it were a nation rather than one of 50 states. A challenge has emerged, though. The Trump administration wants to revoke the federal waiver that allows the state to act autonomously. But ...
Would California Be Better Off With Part-Time Legislators Rather Than Professional Politicians?
California lawmakers have sent legislation to Gov. Jerry Brown that will allow them to live outside the districts they “represent.” To some, Senate Bill 1250 simply frees legislators to live and work in Sacramento while representing the folks back home. Others argue it lets lawmakers deceive their constituents. We see ...
Wayne Winegarden Discusses California’s Pension Monster on “The DeMaio Report”
Listen to PRI’s Senior Fellow in Business and Economics Wayne Winegarden discuss his new chartbook and study on California’s $1 trillion pension monster with Carl DeMaio on “The DeMaio Report” on KOGO Radio in San Diego.
