Uber, Lyft to stay in Minneapolis until July after minimum-wage hike delayed

Uber and Lyft delayed plans to pull their businesses out of Minneapolis on May 1 after the city council pushed back an effective date to increase the minimum wage by two months.Minneapolis City Council unanimously passed the extension to July 1 for the increased minimum hourly wage during a Thursday meeting, according to CNN.The delay gives lawmakers time to hash out a compromise with Uber and Lyft, which said they were going to end operations in Minneapolis if the drivers’ wages were lifted to the equivale ...