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In The Great Equity Epidemic, Lance Izumi & Wenyuan Wu profile courageous people who stood up against "equity" policies that lowered standards, undermined merit, weakened discipline & politicized classrooms. Buy a copy at your favorite online bookstore. amazon.com/Epidemic-Students…
"Housing built to be affordable for higher-income renters and buyers might not directly help lower-income renters and buyers, but they serve a need that, in turn, means those same higher-income renters and buyers aren’t competing with lower-income people for finite housing. Supply is essential to achieving housing affordability. And, yes, of course developers are the ones who are going to get things built." writes PRI's Sal Rodriguez.
Read "Salt Lake City considers zoning update to boost housing" here: pacificresearch.org/salt-lak…
"Washington should be strengthening America’s advantages in pharmaceutical innovation, not undermining them. We won’t beat China by handcuffing our own drugmakers." writes PRI's Sally Pipes.
Read "US Can’t Beat China by Handcuffing Our Stateside Pharma" in Newsmax here: pacificresearch.org/us-cant-…
A mother challenges what happened to her son after he objected to DEI instruction. A school board member builds a coalition to end her district’s equity policies. A professor takes his own college to court after speaking out.
These are some of the stories at the heart of The Great Equity Epidemic, the new PRI book from Lance Izumi and Wenyuan Wu about Americans standing up for academic excellence, merit, and equal opportunity.
Learn more and get your copy: pacificresearch.org/new-pri-…
California’s insurance market is showing signs of stabilization. Growth in FAIR Plan policies has slowed, while several major insurers have announced plans to expand underwriting.
But significant challenges remain, including affordability. Greenhut argues policymakers should allow recent reforms to work rather than return to policies that contributed to the insurance crisis.
Read what California can learn from the progress made so far: pacificresearch.org/new-pri-…
"Hollister owes nearly $4.1 million in unfunded public pension obligations to CalPERS, which the state controller’s office shows its retirement and health contributions have more than doubled from $3.6 million in 2015 to over $8.2 million in 2024. Total wages paid to city employees grew from $13.1 million in 2016 to $27.8 million in 2025 as the number of city employees declined." writes PRI's Tim Anaya.
Read "With $178 in General Fund, Hollister Becomes California’s Fiscal Mismanagement Capital" here: pacificresearch.org/with-178…
"Kids shouldn’t be scrolling TikTok during algebra, and the district approved a cell phone ban in 2024. This was a good idea. But the board’s recent sweeping screen-time restrictions focused on the district-issued laptops and tablets students use for classwork." writes PRI's @FlemingWords.
Read "Los Angeles public school parents are sending a clear message. Is the district listening?" here: pacificresearch.org/los-ange…
PRI’s Lance Izumi joined WTVM’s Midday with Dee to discuss the consequences of easier tests and why rigorous exams help prepare students for the workplace.
Watch the interview here: pacificresearch.org/lance-iz…
"Medicare and Medicaid exist to provide care to seniors, people with disabilities, and low-income families—not to enrich those who exploit them. Every dollar lost to fraud is a dollar that cannot be spent providing legitimate care." writes PRI's @SallyPipes.
Read "Healthcare Fraud Doesn’t Just Cost Taxpayers. It Hurts Patients." in Forbes here: pacificresearch.org/healthca…
"Construction unions formed an unholy alliance with their longtime enemy, environmentalists, to defeat a ballot measure and, apparently, winning requires burning down their own village. Their coalition recently launched an ad demonizing “dangerous” gas pipelines, industrial warehouses and data centers." write's PRI's @Flemingwords.
Read "California’s construction unions are running ads against their own jobs" in the Orange County Register here: pacificresearch.org/californ…
"California has spent years examining equity in enforcement. Keep examining it. But put the crime victim back into the picture and ask the equally important question: Are Californians receiving equity in protection?" writes PRI's Steve Smith.
Read "RIPA, Race, Policing, and the Numbers We Choose to See" here: pacificresearch.org/ripa-rac…
The debate over California's proposed wealth tax isn't just about billionaires. It's about the state's economic future and the potential costs for working families.
PRI estimates that combining a wealth tax with a hypothetical broad-based income-tax increase could leave the average family with nearly $3,000 less income growth over five years, while slowing job creation and economic growth.
The consequences of tax policy don't stop with the people who write the check.
Read PRI's new study, You're Next: pacificresearch.org/youre-ne…
"Six in ten voters say they’re worried about being able to afford their healthcare costs. Over the past two years, Republicans have taken action to address those concerns. They’ve enacted reforms designed to rein in wasteful spending, put more healthcare dollars under patients’ control, and tackle practices that drive up prices." writes PRI's @SallyPipes.
Read "Republicans Can Tout a Record of Healthcare Reform This November" in Townhall here: pacificresearch.org/republic…
"Price controls undermine the financial incentives that make scientific breakthroughs possible. Yet the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wants to subject certain improved versions of existing medicines to price controls years earlier than under current policy." writes PRI's @SallyPipes.
Read "Gov't Price Controls on Prescription Drugs Still a Bad Idea" in Newsmax here: pacificresearch.org/govt-pri…
"Democrats created the regulations that drive up premiums, subsidized the resulting costs instead of fixing them, and fought to keep cheaper alternatives out of reach. If they want more Americans to have health insurance, the answer isn’t another round of subsidies." writes PRI's @SallyPipes.
Read "Millions of Americans are walking away from Obamacare" in the Washington Examiner here: pacificresearch.org/millions…
This year's proposed wealth tax targets billionaires. But who could be asked to pay when the money runs out?
California already faces projected budget deficits, and a one-time tax cannot permanently fund ongoing spending commitments.
PRI's study examines how these fiscal pressures could lead to broader tax increases, potentially affecting families far below the billionaire threshold.
Read the study to learn why the state's future tax burden could extend well beyond its wealthiest residents: pacificresearch.org/youre-ne…
Equality of opportunity and equality of outcomes are not the same thing.
In The Great Equity Epidemic, Lance Izumi and Wenyuan Wu examine how the push for “equity” has affected grading, academic standards, discipline, classroom instruction, and opportunities for students. They make the case for returning education to equal opportunity, merit, accountability, and individual achievement.
Learn more about PRI’s new book: pacificresearch.org/new-pri-…