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As Coronavirus Spreads, Private Sector Offers Hope—And Treatments
Forbes | Sally C. Pipes
March 25, 2020
But there is at least one bright spot in this global public health emergency. That’s the astounding speed with which private firms have begun tackling the problem. While federal regulators have exacerbated the crisis at seemingly every turn, private firms have rolled out promising new therapies and technologies that could help mitigate the pandemic—and save lives.
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Listen to PRI's "Next Round" Podcast
Education: PRI’s Second Annual Policy Conference
March 23, 2020
This podcast is a recorded panel discussion from PRI’s second annual policy conference in Sacramento. This panel discusses the forthcoming PRI book Mia’s Story and the importance of school choice and innovative approaches to learning for special needs children. You’ll hear presentations from Carrie Carlson, Regional Coordinator for an independent study charter school in Northern California, Sarah Bailey, who started her own homeschool learning center, and Bill Lucia, President and CEO of EdVoice. The panel was moderated by PRI’s senior director of education studies, Lance Izumi.
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The John Batchelor Show Asks Dr. Henry Miller About Blood Test Benefits in Coronavirus Fight
The John Batchelor Show | Henry Miller, M.S., M.D.
March 25, 2020
Dr. Henry Miller explains how more detailed blood testing could help detect and deter the spread of the coronavirus on the John Batchelor Show. Dr. Miller also shares that more blood testing can help determine immunity rates and important data to help rollback the shelter in place restrictions.
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How State Budget Will Be Impacted by Coronavirus Coming More into Focus
Right By the Bay Blog | Tim Anaya
March 26, 2020
Expect some significant spending changes, both as just mid-year adjustments to the current 2019-20 state budget, and a dramatically different” May Revise compared to what Gov. Newsom was planning for just a month ago. And whatever budget is enacted in June may require further, significant legislative action in the 2020-21 fiscal year to account for spending needs or declining revenue.
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Dr. Henry Miller Talks Coronavirus Infection Rates on the Lars Larson Show
The Lars Larson Show | Henry Miller, M.S., M.D.
March 24, 2020
PRI’s Dr. Henry Miller talks to Lars Larson on the nationally-syndicated Lars Larson Show about the new timeline to remove the shelter in place orders as well as estimates in the United States and United Kingdom about the actual infection rate of the coronavirus. Dr. Miller’s segment beings at the 48 minute mark.
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The Coronavirus Aftermath: Debt and Deficits as Far as the Eye Can See
Right By the Bay Blog | Rowena Itchon
March 24, 2020
The question is whether during the good times, we can make the necessary structural changes such as those outlined by PRI economist Wayne Winegarden in his Beyond the New Normal series: policies that encourage growth-enhancing incentives, production efficiencies, market-based prices, and of course, fiscal prudence.
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What a Difference a State Makes: The Future of Charter Schools in California vs. Arizona
Right By the Bay Blog | Lance Izumi
March 25, 2020
In contrast, in his 2020 State of the State address, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey bluntly asked what was the advantage of forcing parents to send a child in a low-income area to a failing regular public school “and that being their only choice.”
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