MIAMI — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez extended his state of emergency declaration on Tuesday during the coronavirus pandemic.
Suarez has been renewing the emergency declaration, which allows for the city to perform “extraordinary” actions, since March 12.
The city’s two programs to help small businesses started on Monday. One program has $400,000 in grants to help about 40 microbusinesses and $600,000 in loans.
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Glenna Milberg
Emmy award-winning journalist Glenna Milberg joined Local 10 News in September 1999. She hosts "This Week in South Florida", South Florida’s highest-rated, most-watched public affairs program, anchors Local 10 World News Weekends, and covers South Florida's top stories and big issues for Local 10 News.
The Emmy Award-winning journalist joined the Local 10 News team in 2013. She wrote for the Miami Herald for more than 9 years and won a Green Eyeshade Award.
