Articles by Jerry Cornfield

Anthony Anton, president of the Washington Hospitality Association, loads a box of signed Initiative 2066 petitions into a cart for delivery to the Secretary of State’s Office on July 2.

Measure to prevent phasing out of natural gas is on track for fall ballot

Supporters submitted 400,000-plus signatures in support of I-2066

July 15, 2024

Supporters submitted 400,000-plus signatures in support of Initiative 2066. If approved, it would blow up key parts of a state law approved this year and recent building code changes.

Photo illustration of home with keys and bank statement.

Washington now requires insurers to reveal reasons for rate hikes

June 14, 2024

Jerry Cornfield

Insurers now must provide customers a clear explanation for increases in their auto and home insurance premiums at the time of renewal.

‘Verge of collapse’: Washington public defenders swamped by cases

January 24, 2024

Jerry Cornfield

The director of the state's Office of Public Defense went to justices of the Washington State Supreme Court last fall with an unprecedented request for a public defense system he told them is “on the verge of collapse.”