Massachusetts is the latest state to vote on a ballot initiative to increase the amount of space that animals are allowed in industrial food production systems. It prohibits keeping pigs, cows and egg-laying hens in tight confinement that "prevents the animal from lying down, standing up, fully extending its limbs, or turning around freely."
This year's election season was historic in more ways than one. An unprecedented nine states considered liberalizing cannabis laws, and here's how it broke down: California, Massachusetts and Nevada saw their ballot measures pass. If Maine's ballot measure is also approved, that would bring the total number of states with legal adult-use cannabis laws up to eight. Arizona's ballot measure failed to pass.
