Uber and Lyft to Stop Offering Rides in Minneapolis After Minimum Wage Hike for Drivers

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Uber and Lyft have vowed to stop offering service in Minneapolis starting May 1 after the city council voted 10-3 on Thursday to override the mayor’s veto on a minimum wage for drivers. Minnesota’s Democratic governor, Tim Walz, vetoed a similar pay floor for rideshare drivers statewide last year.

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Minneapolis just voted to give ride-hailing drivers a pay bump. Uber and Lyft said they'd leave the city if this happened.

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Minneapolis voted to guarantee Uber and Lyft drivers higher pay. Uber and Lyft threatened to leave the city if the ordinance passed.

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The mayor of Minneapolis joked that remote work turns you into a 'loser' with a 'nasty cat blanket'

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Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey speaks to supporters at an Election Night party on November 2, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey.

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Minneapolis is giving people $500 a month and recipients say the no-strings-attached cash is helping them fight soaring housing costs

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Volunteers in Minneapolis load donations for unhoused residents onto trucks in December 2019.
Volunteers in Minneapolis load donations for unhoused residents onto trucks in December 2019.

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A guaranteed basic income program in Minneapolis found that even after a year of giving recipients $500 a month, they weren't working any less

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Monthly payments to low-income families have helped them prosper, according to initial results.

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Racist housing practices left Minneapolis with an extreme heat problem. Now, the city is rushing to reverse the lasting effects of environmental racism.

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If you want to find affordable housing, you might want to try Minneapolis, where the inflation rate is surprisingly low

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View of the Mississippi River and Stone Arch Bridge from balcony of the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, MN.
View of the Mississippi River and Stone Arch Bridge from balcony of the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, MN.

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A man got a priest's blessing to convert a 137-year-old church into an Airbnb that rents for at least $200 a night. See the transformation.

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Over two years, Kyle Rooney converted an 1886-built Minneapolis church into an Airbnb that rents for $200 and up a night.

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Target is closing 4 locations in Minneapolis, Philadelphia, and the DC area – here's the full list

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Target said declining foot traffic is the reason for the closures of its stores in Minneapolis, Philadelphia, and the DC area.

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