The Austin City Council on Thursday will consider allowing college students and others with out-of-state driver’s licenses to get temporary chauffeur’s permits, a tweak worked out between the city staff and RideAustin to help the ride-hailing company hire more drivers while still getting them fingerprinted.

The potential one-page change in city law is not popular with at least some of the city’s beleaguered taxi companies.

"Since Uber and Lyft came back in, our income has dropped 60 to 70 percent," said Hassan Aruri, who serves on the board of ATX Coop Taxi. "Right now there are a lot of (cab) drivers, but there is not a whole lot of work for us. To say they want to bring people from outside the state, this is unbelievable."

Read the full story on mystatesman.com to find out how the proposal would work and how it was sparked by the state overturning Austin’s ride-hailing regulations.