Tag: Uber
Here’s the legislation the DFL ‘trifecta’ passed during the 2024 session
The 2024 legislative session is now more than a month in the rearview mirror.
Many of the new laws and expenditures passed by the DFL majority in...
Walz downplays concerns over anticipated hike in fares after signing Uber/Lyft...
Gov. Tim Walz thinks Minnesotans who use Uber and Lyft are ready and willing to accept an anticipated hike in fares knowing that it means those rideshare...
Uber and Lyft to stay in Minnesota after deal struck on...
New minimum pay standards for Uber and Lyft drivers were passed in the final days of the 2024 legislative session. Starting on Dec. 1,...
Jim Schultz: Minnesota’s government is now just weird
Most Minnesotans are now familiar with the story of Sen. Nicole Mitchell, the state senator who was arrested in her stepmother’s home, charged with...
Minneapolis City Council votes to delay new pay standards for Uber,...
The Minneapolis City Council voted to delay the enforcement date for new minimum compensation standards for drivers with transportation network companies such as Uber...
Republicans introduce bill to save Uber and Lyft after Minneapolis vote
Minnesota Republicans have introduced a bill that would prohibit local governments from regulating rideshare companies after Uber and Lyft said they plan to leave...
Uber says it will suspend services in metro area after Minneapolis...
Uber and Lyft announced their eventual suspension of services in Minneapolis following the City Council's authorization of a new city ordinance. Specifically, the ordinance...
3 sentenced to federal prison for violent carjacking spree targeting Uber,...
Three of four Minneapolis men who terrorized Uber and Lyft drivers during a violent carjacking and armed robbery spree in the fall of 2021...
Frey vetoes rideshare minimum wage, announces deal with Uber
(The Center Square) -- Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey vetoed an ordinance passed by the City Council to enact a minimum compensation of $1.40 per...
Minneapolis passes minimum wage for rideshare drivers after Uber threatens to...
(The Center Square) -- The Minneapolis City Council passed an ordinance starting Jan. 1, 2024, that rideshare companies say will force them out of...