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Uber and Lyft alternatives say they will launch in Minneapolis soon … just not today minnesotareformer.com/2024/05/01/ube… via Minnesota Reformer

In our very skeptical society, why is it so easy for unverified claims to rule small town media and governments? Will there be a space port on the Iron Range? You know what, guys, it's not looking so good. My latest for the Minnesota Reformer: minnesotareformer.com/2024/05/01/fro…

Madi McVan (not on Twitter cuz she smart) nails it with this long read on the tension between a dairy farm's expansion and concerns about water quality. minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/30/in-… via Minnesota Reformer

Minnesota’s new labor board votes for nearly $23.50 an hour minimum wage for nursing home workers minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/29/min… by Max Nesterak

In the Break Room:
👉Biden admin and courts in tug of war over labor law
👉New, higher cost estimates for Uber/Lyft drivers
👉23,000+ U of M workers to get clearer path to unionize
👉Construction labor broker sentenced
👉 More minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/26/bid… via Minnesota Reformer

Proud of Michelle Griffith for this reporting after everyone tried to stonewall her. minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/25/aft… via Minnesota Reformer

I wrote about whether politicians should resign when they embarrass their constituents. Generally, the answer is yes. The problem for Sen. Nicole Mitchell is that there's work to be done bw now and May 20.
To resign or not to resign minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/25/to-… via Minnesota Reformer

This is an interesting story about how laws affect unionization rates. 31% of University of Minnesota workers are unionized compared to 95% of Minnesota State workers ... what's different is the law defining who has to be grouped together minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/24/bil… via Minnesota Reformer

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Minneapolis staff released new Uber and Lyft driver cost estimates. One justifies the City Council's rates, which are higher than those proposed in a state report, if you assume drivers buy new vehicles with 36-month loans that lose all value in 3 years minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/24/min…

Tech companies scale up MN lobbying efforts in advance of privacy bill minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/16/tec… via Minnesota Reformer

Commentary from Peter Ingraham on pay transparency. He argues it would help close the wage gap bw white men and everyone else, among other benefits. Arming workers with more information will help both the workers and the economy minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/15/arm… via Minnesota Reformer

In the Break Room:
👉Legislature votes to eliminates carve-outs to minimum wage
👉The politics of Minneapolis’ delayed Uber and Lyft rates
👉Nurses union’s key policy goal is on the ropes
👉more
minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/12/leg… via Minnesota Reformer

Continued great ridehail reporting here from Max.

For j. patrick coolican's latest column I dug up some stats on Minnesota gambling revenue. It's increased by a massive amount in recent years, driven mostly by electronic pull-tabs minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/11/min…

MN Republican House candidate Drew Roach (58B) is an election conspiracy theorist who got into a brawl with a councilwoman’s son and fiancée while trying to serve papers on her to stop an election minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/11/thi…

Given how widespread mobile gambling is with or without legalization in Minnesota, there's no easy answer, but I argue we ought to hit pause. minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/11/min… via Minnesota Reformer