A federal complaint filed Wednesday says the state’s rules for humane treatment of chickens are unconstitutional. Newsom ...

In addition to the pork industry’s continuing challenges to Proposition 12, the Department of Justice is taking on another ...

Egg-Land’s Best, which touts that its hens are “vegetarian fed” costs $5.69 per dozen at Morton Williams. Lisa Fickenscher “The disparity of the cost of organic brown and cage free eggs ...

A common sight in American grocery stores today, eggs priced at more than $15 per dozen. AFP via Getty Images. And a third of the top 10 worst-hit states mandate cage-free facilities.

Cage-Free: This term means that the hens are not kept in cages, but it doesn’t mean they’re clucking around in the fresh air and sunshine. They can be kept indoors, often in crowded conditions.

Blaming Nevada’s cage-free law for the current egg shortage and price volatility is misleading (Review-Journal editorial, Jan. 25). The culprit behind supply issues is the avian flu.