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4th Annual PRI All-Stars Year End Awards
PRI | Next Round Podcast
December 21, 2020
A holiday tradition, the PRI All-Stars team up to look back at 2020. We hand out our annual awards to the biggest winners and losers of the year in the world of policy and politics. Pour a glass of wine, cocktail, or your favorite holiday drink and enjoy.
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COVID-19 has shown us how dysfunctional the American regulatory state can be
The Deseret News | Sally C. Pipes
December 23, 2020
That would seem to be unabashedly good news. But it’s actually an indictment of federal regulators, who have moved at a snail’s pace in the fight against the coronavirus. These delays have been concerning for folks in Utah, where testing has recently dipped — yet cases are currently skyrocketing.
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Populist Politicians Meet Antitrust Cancel Culture
PRI Right By the Bay Blog | Bartlett Cleland
December 23, 2020
His proposal would entitle the federal government to intervene in the market, break up companies, and demand financial settlements to protect “workers, entrepreneurs, independent businesses, open markets, a fair economy, and democratic ideals,” whatever that means.
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Biden’s New EPA Chief Should Heed the Lessons from His Home State
PRI Right By the Bay Blog | Wayne Winegarden
December 22, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Michael Regan to lead the EPA. Regan worked at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for years, and has been North Carolina’s environmental chief since 2018. As North Carolina’s top environmentalist, Regan has opposed constructing natural gas infrastructure, claiming North Carolina’s clean energy future is not dependent on adding more natural gas infrastructure we should invest in clean, renewable energy sources and the economic benefits of energy innovation.
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We Need More Educational Choice Options for Special Needs Children
PRI Right By the Bay Blog | Lance Izumi
December 24, 2020
My new book A Kite in a Hurricane No More, which I co-authored with Mia Giordano, tells the autobiographical story of Mia’s battle with severe learning disabilities; discusses how educational choice changed her life; and recommends policy reforms to address the needs of young people like Mia.
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The Right Diversity Approach
City Journal | Henry Miller, M.S., M.D. and Andrew Fillat
December 22, 2020
Equality of opportunity could achieve most diversity goals, if the pools of candidates representing various identity groups had comparable qualifications. They seldom do, however, which has led to many forms of affirmative action. Such programs are typically zero-sum because they involve allocating a scarce resource, and in practice they typically end up as exercises in political power and greasing the squeakiest wheels.
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Is Newsom Learning Anything From The Courts That Are Telling Him ‘No’?
PRI Right By the Bay Blog | Kerry Jackson
December 21, 2020
Chalfant didn’t tell Gov. Gavin Newsom “no” directly. The state’s ban on outdoor dining wasn’t at issue in this case. But his ruling opens up the entire lockdown framework to legal challenges. If Los Angeles County has to support its ban with data, then every other restriction needs to be held to the same standard.
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