Press Release
			California				
			
		California Public Employees Unions Join Forces To Oppose Charter Growth
			Teachers unions in Los Angeles (LA) and other public employee unions formed a coalition to fight the expansion of charter schools in California. The expansion effort, led by the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation (BF), aims at more than doubling the number of students attending public charter schools in Los ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Chris Neal		
				
																						
			November 23, 2015		
				
					
			Health Care				
			
		Obamacare Co-Op Mess Causes $1.3 Billion In Losses
			Obamacare health insurance co-ops surged past the $1 billion mark in losses this week, making history of sorts. The insolvencies, totaling $1.36 billion, mean that the co-ops have burned through more than half of the original $2 billion appropriated in 2010 for the program under the Affordable Care Act. The ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Sally C. Pipes		
				
																						
			November 5, 2015		
				
					
			Business & Economics				
			
		Indiana’s Business Climate Wins More Awards
			Forbes Magazine ranked Indiana eighth in its annual Best States for Business list, and ranked the state’s regulatory environment as second best in the country. The Pacific Research Institute also placed Indiana No. 1 in the nation for its small-business regulatory climate. “Today, more Hoosiers are going to work than ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Wayne Winegarden		
				
																						
			October 27, 2015		
				
					
			Business & Economics				
			
		Hillary’s Wrong: California’s Paid Family Leave Mandate Hurting Small Business, State
			Regulation: Hillary Clinton claimed that California’s paid family leave mandate hasn’t hurt business and job growth, and ought to be expanded nationwide. But a recent study shows that she’s living in a statist dream world. Clinton made the ill-informed remark at Tuesday’s Democratic presidential debate during an exchange with CNN’s ...		
					
					
			
																				
			IBD Editorial		
				
																						
			October 26, 2015		
				
					
			Business & Economics				
			
		Why Are All These California Companies Moving To Texas? Here Are A Bunch Of Reasons
			A new study from the San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute has ranked the regulatory climate for small businesses in California the worst out of all 50 states — and the Bay Area is a prime example of why. The reasons? Costly regulations on short-term disability insurance and a minimum wage ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Wayne Winegarden		
				
																						
			August 27, 2015		
				
					
			Business & Economics				
			
		California, And Particularly The Bay Area, Has Worst Regulatory Climate For Small Businesses, Study Says
			A new study from the San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute has ranked the regulatory climate for small businesses in California the worst out of all 50 states — and the Bay Area is a prime example of why. The reasons? Costly regulations on short-term disability insurance and a minimum wage ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Wayne Winegarden		
				
																						
			August 27, 2015		
				
					
			Blended Learning				
			
		Impact Magazine — Summer 2015
			As we look forward to a busy summer, PRI remains committed to its mission of championing freedom, opportunity, and personal responsibility for all individuals by advancing market-based policy solutions. I can’t help but be proud of the impact we have made on the public policy debate and I hope you ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Pacific Research Institute		
				
																						
			August 10, 2015		
				
					
			Business & Economics				
			
		Regulatory Burdens Light
			Florida is no Texas when it comes to the amount of regulations its small businesses face. But at least it’s not New Jersey. The Sunshine State placed sixth in the Pacific Research Institute’s 50-State Index of Small Business Regulation, released in July. The San Francisco-based nonprofit, non-partisan think tank based ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Wayne Winegarden		
				
																						
			August 7, 2015		
				
					
			Business & Economics				
			
		The 50-State Small Business Regulation Index
			Pacific Research Institute Ranks Small Business Regulation in the 50 States Indiana Ranks Best for Small Businesses; California Ranks Worst San Francisco, July 24, 2015 – The Pacific Research Institute (PRI) a non-partisan, non-profit think tank based in San Francisco, today released the “The 50-State Index of Small Business Regulation,” ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Wayne Winegarden		
				
																						
			July 24, 2015		
				
					
			California				
			
		Izumi Elected Chair Of Foundation For Calif. Community Colleges
			SACRAMENTO — Lance Izumi was elected in June as chair of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for California Community Colleges, one of the largest operating foundations in higher education. Two members of the California Community College Board of Governors, Arnoldo Avalos and Manuel Baca, were appointed to a ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Pacific Research Institute		
				
																						
			July 23, 2015		
				
					California Public Employees Unions Join Forces To Oppose Charter Growth
			Teachers unions in Los Angeles (LA) and other public employee unions formed a coalition to fight the expansion of charter schools in California. The expansion effort, led by the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation (BF), aims at more than doubling the number of students attending public charter schools in Los ...		
					Obamacare Co-Op Mess Causes $1.3 Billion In Losses
			Obamacare health insurance co-ops surged past the $1 billion mark in losses this week, making history of sorts. The insolvencies, totaling $1.36 billion, mean that the co-ops have burned through more than half of the original $2 billion appropriated in 2010 for the program under the Affordable Care Act. The ...		
					Indiana’s Business Climate Wins More Awards
			Forbes Magazine ranked Indiana eighth in its annual Best States for Business list, and ranked the state’s regulatory environment as second best in the country. The Pacific Research Institute also placed Indiana No. 1 in the nation for its small-business regulatory climate. “Today, more Hoosiers are going to work than ...		
					Hillary’s Wrong: California’s Paid Family Leave Mandate Hurting Small Business, State
			Regulation: Hillary Clinton claimed that California’s paid family leave mandate hasn’t hurt business and job growth, and ought to be expanded nationwide. But a recent study shows that she’s living in a statist dream world. Clinton made the ill-informed remark at Tuesday’s Democratic presidential debate during an exchange with CNN’s ...		
					Why Are All These California Companies Moving To Texas? Here Are A Bunch Of Reasons
			A new study from the San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute has ranked the regulatory climate for small businesses in California the worst out of all 50 states — and the Bay Area is a prime example of why. The reasons? Costly regulations on short-term disability insurance and a minimum wage ...		
					California, And Particularly The Bay Area, Has Worst Regulatory Climate For Small Businesses, Study Says
			A new study from the San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute has ranked the regulatory climate for small businesses in California the worst out of all 50 states — and the Bay Area is a prime example of why. The reasons? Costly regulations on short-term disability insurance and a minimum wage ...		
					Impact Magazine — Summer 2015
			As we look forward to a busy summer, PRI remains committed to its mission of championing freedom, opportunity, and personal responsibility for all individuals by advancing market-based policy solutions. I can’t help but be proud of the impact we have made on the public policy debate and I hope you ...		
					Regulatory Burdens Light
			Florida is no Texas when it comes to the amount of regulations its small businesses face. But at least it’s not New Jersey. The Sunshine State placed sixth in the Pacific Research Institute’s 50-State Index of Small Business Regulation, released in July. The San Francisco-based nonprofit, non-partisan think tank based ...		
					The 50-State Small Business Regulation Index
			Pacific Research Institute Ranks Small Business Regulation in the 50 States Indiana Ranks Best for Small Businesses; California Ranks Worst San Francisco, July 24, 2015 – The Pacific Research Institute (PRI) a non-partisan, non-profit think tank based in San Francisco, today released the “The 50-State Index of Small Business Regulation,” ...		
					Izumi Elected Chair Of Foundation For Calif. Community Colleges
			SACRAMENTO — Lance Izumi was elected in June as chair of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for California Community Colleges, one of the largest operating foundations in higher education. Two members of the California Community College Board of Governors, Arnoldo Avalos and Manuel Baca, were appointed to a ...		
					