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Need a Lyft to the polls? The ride-hailing app is once again offering free or discounted rides this election season

With disruptions to mail voting systems and other election-related problems potentially sidelining some voters this election season, Lyft is offering, well, a lift! For the sixth straight election season, the ride-hailing company’s “ Lyft Up Voting Access Program ” will offer voters discounted rides to polling places on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3. Lyft’s program, which began in 2014, is…

Need a Lyft to the polls? The ride-hailing app is once again offering free or discounted rides this election season

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House tees up Senate fight over California’s At Berth clean-air shipping waiver

The House of Representatives voted on California’s Ocean-Going Vessels At Berth waiver yesterday. House Joint Resolution 210 attacking the Ocean-Going Vessels At Berth waiver sponsored by Rep.

  • House votes 216-211 against California's At-Berth shipping waiver
  • Rep. Vince Fong warns waiver undermines American competitiveness
  • Senate urged to support waiver for health and economic benefits

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