This post originally appeared on November 7, 2020 in Amanda Kludt’s newsletter “From the Editor,” a roundup of the most vital news and stories in the food world each week. Read the archives and subscribe now. I don’t know about you, but I spent most of last week refreshing results …

You’re not the only one having a roller coaster of a week. On Tuesday, California voters handed San Francisco-based Uber a big ticket victory, agreeing that the gig-worker-contingent company needn’t offer its food delivery and ride hail drivers employee protections. It’s a decision that will save Uber millions, and sent …

Chicago’s City Council will once again pursue a fee cap for third-party delivery companies, hoping to aid restaurants that are ailing during the novel coronavirus pandemic. Ald. (44th Ward) Tom Tunney said Thursday that he hopes the council could adopt an ordinance this month to help restaurants before typically frigid …

Proposition 22, the California ballot measure backed by food delivery companies like Postmates, Instacart, and Doordash, was approved by voters during the November 3 election. Its win means that food delivery and ride-hailing companies, unlike most other business sectors in the state, will not have to provide its drivers with …

San Francisco-based food delivery company DoorDash is escalating its promotion of a controversial ballot proposition, sending bags emblazoned with “Yes on 22” to restaurants, which will then hand those same bags off to the app-based delivery drivers whose futures will be determined by that very prop. As of publication time, …