Member LoginMember Login - User registration - Setup as front page - Add to favorites - Sitemap Minnesota Uber and Lyft driver pay package beats deadline to win approval in Legislature !

Minnesota Uber and Lyft driver pay package beats deadline to win approval in Legislature

Time:2024-05-21 18:20:32 source:Earthly Insights news portal

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A plan to boost pay for Uber and Lyft drivers in Minnesota that lawmakers believe would prevent the companies from leaving the market advanced in the state Legislature on Sunday before the midnight deadline.

The House passed the compensation bill but the measure was held up in the Senate before winning approval prior to the deadline for lawmakers to pass bills before they adjourned. The bill now moves to Gov. Tim Walz to be signed into law, the Star Tribune reported.

The proposal that initially gained approval in the House was crafted by Democrats to replace a minimum pay measure the Minneapolis City Council passed that prompted Uber and Lyft to threaten to leave the state’s biggest city.

The House agreement announced Saturday after a day of negotiations would set a minimum pay rate at $1.28 per mile and 31 cents per minute. Uber has said it will keep operating in the state under those rates. The bill would take effect next January if passed.

Related information
  • Rangers are undefeated at .500 to keep World Series champs from a losing record with Bochy
  • Troops fired on Kent State students in 1970. Survivors see echoes in today's campus protests
  • Baby Reindeer creator Richard Gadd reveals why he has banned his parents from watching Netflix hit
  • Mike Riley, former coach at Oregon State and Nebraska, will take over for Pat Chun on CFP committee
  • Cruise worker 'murders newborn son on board ship': Shocked co
  • Anthony Edwards and the T
  • The UK government acted unlawfully in approving a climate plan, a High Court judge has ruled
  • Savanier scores sweet volley then gets red card as Montpellier beats Toulouse
Recommended content
  • Liverpool confirms Arne Slot as Jurgen Klopp's replacement
  • Norwegian Islamist wanted over deadly shooting at LGBTQ+ festival is being sent back from Pakistan
  • Hakeem Jeffries isn't speaker, but might be the most powerful person in Congress
  • To men, Marilyn Monroe was a sex object, a meal ticket, a 'feather
  • Supreme Court rejects an appeal from a Canadian man once held at Guantanamo
  • Hakeem Jeffries isn't speaker, but might be the most powerful person in Congress