9 Trouble in the henhouse.

• Position: STATELINE - All eggs sold in California must come from hens kept in large cages - Brief article

Starting in 2015, all eggs sold in California must come from hens kept in large cages. The law, backed by the Humane Society, is intended to improve the lives of chickens, which often spend day and night in spaces the size of an 8-by-10-inch piece of paper. But Missouri's attorney general has raised a squawk. Californians consume 9 billion eggs a year, about 6 percent of them from Missouri. About one-third of Missouri eggs, $40 million worth, are shipped...