Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Local Government
Pasco County Commission Chairman Jack Mariano plans to propose fire-safety building code changes, including possible attic sprinklers, lightning rods and a construction moratorium, at the Sept. 9 commission meeting following the Wesley Chapel Cobalt Apartments fire that displaced 200 residents.
Local Government
Pasco County reports the westbound Five-Mile Creek bridge deck on the Ridge Road Extension is 90% complete, with the full project targeting a fall 2026 opening that will connect Ridge Road to U.S. 41 in Land O' Lakes.
Local Government
Learning Gate Community School has filed two rezoning applications covering more than 30 acres across its Hanna Road and Lutz Lake Fern Road campuses in Lutz; both cases were continued to the Monday, Sept. 28 Zoning Hearing Master hearing.
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Pasco County's school board adopted a proposal Aug. 26 to cap school enrollment at 100% of capacity before restricting nearby housing development, directly affecting Land O' Lakes and other unincorporated growth corridors.
Local Government
Three Tampa Bay transportation planning agencies are launching a federally funded pilot to jointly score major road projects, with a public input website expected this fall that will let Land O' Lakes, Odessa and Lutz residents help shape priorities.
Local Government
Megan Harding won her third Pasco County School Board term with 72% of the vote on Aug. 25, while Districts 1 and 3 head to Nov. 3 runoffs with candidates who have direct ties to Land O' Lakes schools.
Local Government
Republican incumbent Lisa Yeager defeated Jonathan Deckard 62-38% in the Pasco County Commission District 4 primary on Tuesday, securing her first full four-year term representing the Land O' Lakes-to-New Port Richey district.
Local Government
Hillsborough County commissioners approved a Habitat for Humanity request to redistribute affordable housing units across income levels at a 3.18-acre Ehrlich Road site near Lutz, without adding or removing homes from the project.
Local Government
School board member Stacy Hahn defeated incumbent Donna Cameron Cepeda with 55% of the vote in the Aug. 18 Republican primary for Hillsborough County Commission District 5, which covers Lutz and Odessa, and will face Democrat Dr. Neil Manimala in the Nov. 3 general election.
Local Government
Kimberly Coward (35.3%) and Dr. Gino Collura (31%) advanced from the Aug. 18 Pasco County School Board District 1 primary to a Nov. 3 runoff for the open seat vacated by Al Hernandez.
Local Government
Daniela Simic and Brittany Lyssy will face off in the Nov. 3 general election for the open Hillsborough County School Board District 2 seat after no candidate cleared 50 percent in the Aug. 18 primary, while incumbent Karen Perez also heads to a runoff in the at-large District 6 race that includes Lutz and Odessa voters.
Local Government
Rep. Randy Maggard defeated challenger Michael Pultorak with 68% of the vote in the Aug. 18 Republican primary for Florida House District 54, effectively securing a third full term representing eastern Pasco County with no Democrat in the general election.
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