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Agriculture
Ag-to-Urban law creates a farmer’s market for Arizona housing
Ag-to-Urban law creates a farmer’s market for Arizona housing By D. Dowd Muska | January 9, 2026 If it unites farmers, developers and environmentalists, it’s probably a sound policy reform. Some observers consider Senate Bill 1611, approved last summer by a GOP-majority Legislature and a Democratic governor, “one of the ...
D. Dowd Muska
January 9, 2026
Blog
2025 Year in Review: How PRI Advanced the Cause of Liberty
Thanks to the steadfast support of our donors throughout the nation, this past year we have advanced policies to reduce health care costs, promoted education reforms that improve student outcomes, and expanded our work to counter the narrative that heavy-handed government control is the future of America. Our team has ...
Ben Smithwick
December 30, 2025
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A Republican healthcare package remains within reach
The House is expected to vote this week on healthcare reform legislation. The upcoming action comes on the heels of two failed votes in the Senate: one a Democratic bill that would’ve extended COVID-19-era enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies for exchange coverage and the other a Republican bill that would ...
Sally C. Pipes
December 15, 2025
Blog
PRI’s 2026 Holiday Book List
Nikhil Agarwal – Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson The book I’m recommending is Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson. A critique of liberal policies by two liberals, the book explains perfectly why government-led development and infrastructure projects are doomed for failure in a pluralistic, democratic society like ...
Pacific Research Institute
November 26, 2025
Podcast
The PRI All Stars Election 2025 Wrap Up
Now that the dust has settled, the PRI All Stars are back with their analysis of the 2025 election. Tim Anaya and Matt Fleming take an in-depth look at the passage of Prop. 50, how its victory will impact the 2026 congressional campaigns in California, and whether Gavin Newsom will ...
Pacific Research Institute
November 7, 2025
Podcast
Highlights of PRI’s 2025 Sir Antony Fisher Dinner
This week, we present a special episode featuring highlights from PRI’s 2025 Sir Antony Fisher Dinner, which was held last month in San Mateo. Noted author, historian and commentator Victor Davis Hanson shares his thoughts on the assassination of Charlie Kirk and how the conservative movement should respond to this ...
Pacific Research Institute
October 6, 2025
Podcast
Naomi Riley – Lives Cut Short
This week, Naomi Riley – American Enterprise Institute senior fellow – joins us to discuss her latest work on child welfare issues. It is a project called Lives Cut Short (www.livescutshort.org), which is an online database that looks at how states are underreporting incidents of children who have died of ...
Pacific Research Institute
September 29, 2025
California
Impact Magazine Spring 2025
READ THE MAGAZINE Since the last issue of Impact Magazine, a lot has happened. Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States and Republicans now have control of all three levels of government. And, just before the inauguration, Southern California was affected by disastrous fires that ...
Pacific Research Institute
July 1, 2025
Podcast
Chef Andrew Gruel – From FreedomFest 2025
With the Fourth of July upon us, our special guest this week is Chef Andrew Gruel, food entrepreneur, celebrity chef and television personality, and newly appointed Huntington Beach city councilman. We discuss how regulations and minimum wage mandates are hurting restaurants and other small businesses, how being a vocal conservative ...
Pacific Research Institute
June 30, 2025
Free Trade
Reason’s Eric Boehm – From FreedomFest 2025
Direct from FreedomFest 2025 in Palm Springs, Tim talks with Reason reporter Eric Boehm, who covers economic and trade policy. They talk about the latest developments in the Trump administration’s global tariff agenda, preview how the debate over global tariffs will play out this summer, and what consumers should expect ...
Pacific Research Institute
June 23, 2025
Ag-to-Urban law creates a farmer’s market for Arizona housing
Ag-to-Urban law creates a farmer’s market for Arizona housing By D. Dowd Muska | January 9, 2026 If it unites farmers, developers and environmentalists, it’s probably a sound policy reform. Some observers consider Senate Bill 1611, approved last summer by a GOP-majority Legislature and a Democratic governor, “one of the ...
2025 Year in Review: How PRI Advanced the Cause of Liberty
Thanks to the steadfast support of our donors throughout the nation, this past year we have advanced policies to reduce health care costs, promoted education reforms that improve student outcomes, and expanded our work to counter the narrative that heavy-handed government control is the future of America. Our team has ...
A Republican healthcare package remains within reach
The House is expected to vote this week on healthcare reform legislation. The upcoming action comes on the heels of two failed votes in the Senate: one a Democratic bill that would’ve extended COVID-19-era enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies for exchange coverage and the other a Republican bill that would ...
PRI’s 2026 Holiday Book List
Nikhil Agarwal – Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson The book I’m recommending is Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson. A critique of liberal policies by two liberals, the book explains perfectly why government-led development and infrastructure projects are doomed for failure in a pluralistic, democratic society like ...
The PRI All Stars Election 2025 Wrap Up
Now that the dust has settled, the PRI All Stars are back with their analysis of the 2025 election. Tim Anaya and Matt Fleming take an in-depth look at the passage of Prop. 50, how its victory will impact the 2026 congressional campaigns in California, and whether Gavin Newsom will ...
Highlights of PRI’s 2025 Sir Antony Fisher Dinner
This week, we present a special episode featuring highlights from PRI’s 2025 Sir Antony Fisher Dinner, which was held last month in San Mateo. Noted author, historian and commentator Victor Davis Hanson shares his thoughts on the assassination of Charlie Kirk and how the conservative movement should respond to this ...
Naomi Riley – Lives Cut Short
This week, Naomi Riley – American Enterprise Institute senior fellow – joins us to discuss her latest work on child welfare issues. It is a project called Lives Cut Short (www.livescutshort.org), which is an online database that looks at how states are underreporting incidents of children who have died of ...
Impact Magazine Spring 2025
READ THE MAGAZINE Since the last issue of Impact Magazine, a lot has happened. Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States and Republicans now have control of all three levels of government. And, just before the inauguration, Southern California was affected by disastrous fires that ...
Chef Andrew Gruel – From FreedomFest 2025
With the Fourth of July upon us, our special guest this week is Chef Andrew Gruel, food entrepreneur, celebrity chef and television personality, and newly appointed Huntington Beach city councilman. We discuss how regulations and minimum wage mandates are hurting restaurants and other small businesses, how being a vocal conservative ...
Reason’s Eric Boehm – From FreedomFest 2025
Direct from FreedomFest 2025 in Palm Springs, Tim talks with Reason reporter Eric Boehm, who covers economic and trade policy. They talk about the latest developments in the Trump administration’s global tariff agenda, preview how the debate over global tariffs will play out this summer, and what consumers should expect ...
