Miami-Dade's 2020 budget approved, after demands to fix the county's sewer system

A sewer pipe that carries 10 million gallons of sewage every day ruptured in Northeast Dade and leaked at least a million gallons of waste into the Oleta River. Miami-Dade County commissioners narrowly approved higher garbage fees Thursday as part of Mayor Carlos Gimenez's proposed $8.9 billion budget, a spending plan with mostly flat tax rates that goes into effect Oct.