Republicans in statehouses are emboldened by GOP electoral successes to push a new wave of bills to restrict transgender rights and gender-affirming care.

(CNN) -- Pantry-loading has extended into freezer-stuffing in the pandemic, and that means frozen food items like Stouffer's Lasagna, Hot Pockets and Marie Callender's pies are flying off shelves. "It's a robust category that is getting the biggest trial event in its history," John Carmichael, president of Nestl Food Division, told CNN Business. People have been buying so much frozen food that they needed more places to stash the items. "Then I realized that I could in fact buy frozen food and expect it to last," Sandrin, 48, told CNN Business. I think frozen food was pretty stale five years ago, he said.