Companies are evading Minnesota's interest rate caps. Lawmakers may leave the loophole open. minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/11/com… via Minnesota Reformer

The Minneapolis City Council, in delaying enactment of minimum pay rates for Uber and Lyft drivers, offered a lifeline to Democratic legislators embroiled in their own divisions over the issue. minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/11/ami… by Max Nesterak

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

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…

In voting to delay enactment of minimum pay for Uber and Lyft drivers, the Minneapolis city council said it would allow state lawmakers to finish their legislative session. Wait what? What does one have to do with the other? Here's what I found out. minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/11/ami…

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…

It's higher up than a typical squad car, giving the officer a vantage point to see you fiddling with your cell phone. Distracted drivers, beware... Story by Mara Gottfried twincities.com/2024/04/10/st-…

4 of these companies now have applications into the city of Minneapolis for licenses to operate:
- MOOV
- MyWeels
- Joiryde
- Wridz (Empower says it's not a transportation network company so it's not going to apply for a license) minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/05/254… via Minnesota Reformer

Does this PR company know what 'hit piece' means?

Bus Twitter will not stand for this vitriol lol

Uber says it will delay departure until July 1 if Minneapolis pushes back minimum rate enactment minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/10/ube… by Max Nesterak

“They are actually lawbreakers who need to be held accountable in a timely manner' NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo on the arguments/legal challenges from Space X, Amazon, Starbucks, and Trader Joe's against the NLRB
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An Uber spokesman tells me the company will stay until July 1 if enactment is postponed: 'The proposed delay gives us more time to continue to work with State leaders on a comprehensive statewide solution that raises pay, protects flexibility and keeps rides affordable.'

It's hard to overstate what a crisis the surge in car insurance and car repair is.

Over 90% of US households own a car.

Vehicle insurance is up +22.2% in the past year -->The largest jump since 1976

Vehicle repair is up +11.6%

Nearly 4 years after Floyd protests, police misconduct complaint outcomes are finally released in Jaleel Stallings case and others: minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/09/nea… via Minnesota Reformer