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Sally Pipes Receives Honorary Doctorate from Pepperdine University School of Public Policy

April 22, 2018 Pacific Research Institute

Pacific Research Institute President and CEO Sally C. Pipes delivered this year’s commencement address to the graduates of the Pepperdine University School of Public Policy. At the event, she received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree – the university’s highest honor. The prepared text...

Sally Pipes in CA Health News: Calif. Leads Nation In Pushing Back Against Trump Administration Health Policies

April 19, 2018 Pacific Research Institute

(Story also ran in Los Angeles Times) By Ana B. Ibarra These days, when the federal government turns in one direction, California veers in the other — and in the case of healthcare, it's a sharp swerve. In the nation's most populous state, lawmakers and other policymakers seemingly are...

Education Scholar: School Choice For Military Kids ‘Is A National Security Concern’

April 14, 2018 Rob Shimshock Daily Caller

An education scholar believes school choice for the children of military members “is a national security concern,” he said Wednesday. School choice is imperative to retaining military members, Pacific Research Institute Senior Director of Education Studies Lance Izumi explained while speaking with The Daily Caller News...

Take Single-Payer Health Care Proposals Seriously: Sally Pipes

March 31, 2018 Pacific Research Institute Think Advisor

By Allison Bell Advocates of pure single-payer health care proposals for the United States are in a stronger position than ever, and those proposals would create a system much different from Medicare Advantage for all. Sally Pipes. president of the Pacific Research Institute, has delivered those messages in...

School Choice Could’ve Spelled The End For Teacher Who Called Soldiers ‘Dumbsh*ts’ Much Sooner

March 24, 2018 Rob Shimshock Daily Caller

An education scholar said Friday he believes school choice could have prevented students from having to put up with Gregory Salcido, the California teacher fired after calling soldiers “dumbsh*ts.” The El Rancho Unified School District fired Salcido, a former Pico Rivera mayor, Tuesday after he went on an anti-military...

Mass Transit Ridership is Falling in Southern California, Study Finds

March 23, 2018 Pacific Research Institute Heartland Institute

By Kenneth Artz A new study finds commuters are increasingly choosing to use cars over mass transit in Southern California. Mass transit use in six southern California counties declined significantly during the past decade, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California at...

Small Business Taxes: What to Expect in 2018

March 21, 2018 Pacific Research Institute Business News Daily

By Matt D'Angelo The recent tax legislation mean small businesses everywhere are getting a break on their taxes. The legislation, which is one of the most significant tax overhauls passed in decades, provides pass-through businesses and corporate entities with lower rates. Insureon, an insurance company that works...

Joel Fox on PRI’s California Business Climate Survey

March 06, 2018 Joel Fox Fox and Hounds Daily

Survey: Biz Execs Down on CA A survey of business executives in highly sought after industries such as clean tech and research & development conclude that California has a number of problems that prevent businesses from locating or expanding in the state. The Pacific Research Institute survey discovered...

Sally Pipes Releases New Book The False Promise of Single-Payer Health Care

March 05, 2018 Sally C. Pipes

As the political drumbeat for single-payer health care rises in Sacramento, other states around the country, and in Washington, DC, PRI’s Sally Pipes today released a new book that makes the case for why single-payer health care would be a disaster for all Americans, The...

Flu Rages as FDA Approval Process Delays New Cure

March 05, 2018 Michael McGrady Heartland Institute

As one of the worst influenza outbreaks in recent history continues to spread in the United States, the release of a new drug that could quickly cure the illness is being delayed by Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) overly cumbersome approval process. Centers for Disease Control...

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