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NEW STUDY: State Will Fall 21.1 Percent Short of Power Needed to Meet 2045 EV Mandate
NEW STUDY | June 8, 2023
Wayne Winegarden & Kerry Jackson

California will fall 21.1 percent short of the electricity required to meet the state’s 100 percent electric vehicle mandates, finds a new report from the nonpartisan California free-market think tank, the Pacific Research Institute.

“California’s green energy mandates will require families and businesses to consume more energy from the electricity grid instead of fossil fuels, making it less likely that we can generate the necessary power,” said Dr. Wayne Winegarden and Kerry Jackson, the study’s authors. “These policies jeopardize California’s energy security and, without a miracle leap in technology, set us up for future energy shortages.”


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Medicaid work requirements aren't in the debt limit deal. They should've been
Washington Examiner | Sally Pipes
June 5, 2023

President Joe Biden signed ([link removed]) a measure on Saturday that suspended the country’s debt limit after weeks of wrangling with Republicans in the House. The legislation averts a default ([link removed]) on the nation’s debt. Democrats managed to keep Medicaid work requirements ([link removed]) out of the final compromise ([link removed]) . That’s a shame.


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Supreme Court Preview with PRI Fellow Erik Jaffe
PRI Next Round | Erik Jaffe
June 5, 2023

Erik Jaffe, PRI adjunct fellow in legal studies and one of America’s top constitutional lawyers, joins us for his annual preview of the hot Supreme Court cases that will be handed down before the end of the term. They discuss cases involving private property rights, tech, college admissions policies, legislative gerrymandering, and more. They also explore the controversy over Supreme Court ethics and the mystery of why we still haven’t found the Supreme Court “leaker.”


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Juvenile Justice - A Crisis in the Making

Right by the Bay | Steve Smith
June 6, 2023
Californians under 18 account for 22 percent of the population or roughly 8.7 million individuals. In 2021, juveniles accounted for 6 percent of homicide arrests, 7 percent of rape arrests, 12 percent of robbery arrests, and just 2 percent of assaults. When one considers that juvenile criminality is only tracked from age 10-17, those percentages are concentrated to only 8 years.


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