Voters said yes to raising the wages of some low-income workers, allowing adult-use marijuana in Maryland, and decided the fate of legal abortions in multiple states as the midterm election ballots settled hundreds of policy questions.

Meanwhile, online gambling questions in California—the most expensive ballot initiatives in the country— were heading toward defeat.

Voters in Nebraska agreed to raise the minimum wage.and District of Columbia voters approved raising the minimum wage for tipped workers.

Nebraska’s Initiative 433 will gradually increase the $9 an hour minimum wage to $15 by 2026, while D.C.'s minimum wage (Initiative 82) will rise ...

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