Plan to boost pay for Uber and Lyft drivers in Minnesota advances in state Legislature

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A plan to boost pay for Uber UBER, -0.58% and Lyft LYFT, -1.95% drivers in Minnesota that lawmakers believe would prevent the companies from leaving the market advanced in the state Legislature on Sunday, hours before the deadline for lawmakers to pass bills before they adjourn. The plan that 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. Th ...