Highlighting the Institute of Governmental Studies' contributions in the field of research on public policy in the media.
Forbes Breaking News covered the livestream where House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) spoke with former Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) during a lecture series at UC Berkeley on Monday. Click here to watch the livestream on YouTube.
Tax Day...is a reminder of the staggering divide between California’s haves and have-nots, which the state’s progressive tax structure brings out in stark relief: In 2019, the fewer than 100,000 Californians who earned at least $1 million paid about 40% of the state’s personal income taxes, according to data obtained by The Los Angeles Times.
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On Wednesday, April 6th, the IGS held a conversation with Dionne and Rapoport, moderated by UC Berkeley political science professor Paul Pierson, about the 100% Democracy, universal voting, and how it might be implemented. This event was covered in a column in the LA times, which shared and discussed the question- What if every American was required, by law to vote? "The idea is to make people work a little harder at being a good citizen and force politicians to quit dividing to conquer. That's got my vote", wrote Mark Z.