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PRI Files Amicus Brief in Closely Watched California Donor Privacy Case

October 04, 2019 Pacific Research Institute

SAN FRANCISCO – California-based nonpartisan think tank the Pacific Research Institute and the Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability filed an amicus curiae brief supporting American for Prosperity’s request that the U.S. Supreme Court hear a closely-watched case — Americans for Prosperity Foundation vs. Becerra —...

California Globe Article on Charter Schools Features Lance Izumi

October 03, 2019 Katy Grimes

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.” . . . ....

Kerry Jackson Quoted in Epoch Times Article on California Poverty

October 03, 2019 Pacific Research Institute

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...

Kerry Jackson Comments on Gig Economy Bill in Forbes

September 20, 2019 Kerry Jackson

The state of California recently passed a bill that mandates app-based companies such as Lyft and Uber should treat their workers like employees instead of entrepreneurs. This could set a precedent for other states to sign up their own similar legislation on these ride-sharing companies. ....

Watch Sally C. Pipes debate at Intelligence Squared in New York

September 18, 2019 Sally C. Pipes

Sally C. Pipes debates against the replacement of private insurance for Medicare for all at Intelligence Squared Debates in New York. Intelligence Squared Debates is non-partisan debate series that brings together experts to discuss pressing public policy issues. Ms. Pipes and her debate partner Nick...

Sally C. Pipes Comments on CA Medi-Cal expansion in CALmatters story

September 10, 2019 Sally C. Pipes

Democratic legislators are advancing a bill that aims to provide free health care to low-income undocumented seniors — an idea that they floated earlier this year, but which failed to make it into the state budget because of concerns over its cost. The bill, authored by Los...

Damon Dunn Talks Socialist Policies on the Lars Larson Show

September 06, 2019 Damon Dunn

Damon Dunn sits down with Lars Larson Show to discuss his new PRI brief on why socialist policies cater to the poor and how the left takes advantage of this. ...

Bidencare is bad news

September 03, 2019 Sally C. Pipes

As his chief competitors for the Democratic nomination for president rush to embrace Medicare for All, Joe Biden is running in the other direction. The former vice president has proposed building on Obamacare with a “public option,” which would let individuals purchase coverage from a new,...

Watch PRI Event on Universities, Diversity and Free Speech on C-SPAN

August 30, 2019 Pacific Research Institute

Watch C-SPAN's national TV coverage of PRI's recent lunch event with University of California Berkeley Law Professor John Yoo, who served as the deputy assistant U.S. attorney general during the George W. Bush administration, and PRI senior fellow and current UC Berkeley Professor Dr. Steven...

What to Know in Washington: When Drugs Make News, Trump Reacts

August 15, 2019 Wayne Winegarden

Staffers at the Department of Health and Human Services have gotten used to a pattern: President Donald Trump sees a news report on spikes in prescription-drug list prices, Secretary Alex Azar is called to a meeting in the Oval Office, and a policy in the...