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Thursday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Immokalee farmworkers are 'essential workers' - and they have no way to protect themselves against the pandemic
The 25,000 Farmworkers in Immokalee and their allies are pleading for help from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Cases of Covid-19 have already begun to pop up in their small community and they fear that with their cramped living and working conditions, the pandemic will soon cripple the community.
› Orlando businessman’s conviction upheld in energy grant scheme
A federal appeals court Wednesday upheld the conviction of an Orlando businessman who was accused of receiving more than $2 million in federal grant money for a biodiesel facility and fraudulently using it for other purposes.
› Transit Alliance Miami targets improved bus system
Transit Alliance Miami’s Better Bus Project, a county-wide redesign of Miami-Dade’s Metrobus route network, was in its final stages before mandated coronavirus closures last month stalled efforts. Just over a handful of workshops remained before votes by city and county commissioners were due.
› Enterprise Florida Suspends Initial Fees Through its Microfinance Guarantee Program to Support Small Businesses
This week, Enterprise Florida, Inc. (EFI) announced that it will suspend initial fees for its Microfinance Guarantee Program to support Florida’s small business community impacted by COVID-19. EFI manages the Microfinance Guarantee Program designed to stimulate access to credit for entrepreneurs and small businesses in this state by providing targeted loan guarantees to lenders made to such entrepreneurs and small businesses.
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