Land O' Lakes and Lutz — your local wire.
Land O' Lakes and Lutz — your local wire.
Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
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Local Government
The Tampa Bay region remains 14.5 inches below normal rainfall nearly a year into a drought, and residents in Land O' Lakes, Lutz and Odessa face one-day-per-week watering restrictions through Oct. 1 under the most severe water shortage order issued by the Southwest Florida Water Management District.
Local Government
Pasco County will hold a public evaluation committee meeting on Aug. 19 in Land O' Lakes to score consulting proposals for its Solid Waste and Resource Recovery Department, which manages trash, recycling and waste-to-energy services for unincorporated communities including Land O' Lakes, Odessa and Lutz.
Local Government
Hillsborough County commissioners voted 7-0 on Aug. 6 to advance a short-term rental registration ordinance toward a Sept. 2 public hearing, requiring owners in unincorporated areas including Lutz and Odessa to pay $200 annually, designate a 24/7 local contact and allow inspections.
Local Government
Early voting for the Aug. 18 primary opens Saturday at three sites in Land O' Lakes and Odessa, with hours from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Aug. 15; voters need photo ID and must be registered with a party to vote in partisan races like the contested Pasco County Commission District 4 Republican primary.
Local Government
Hillsborough County commissioners voted 7-0 on Aug. 5 to study AI data center impacts and draft a moratorium ordinance that could halt data center applications in unincorporated Lutz and Odessa after Oct. 1, 2027, following Pasco County's existing ban covering Land O' Lakes.
Local Government
FBI Tampa and the High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Strike Force arrested five people in a pre-dawn operation Wednesday that dismantled a Pasco County-based drug-trafficking organization with ties to the Sinaloa Cartel.
Local Government
Pasco County early voting for the August 18 primary runs August 8 through August 15 at 12 locations including the Land O' Lakes Recreation Complex, with polls open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.
Local Government
Hillsborough County Public Schools and the support-staff union HSEF will negotiate wages and working conditions Friday, July 31, at 1 p.m. in Tampa, with the first day of school just 10 days away on Aug. 10.
Local Government
The Hillsborough Transportation Planning Organization secured more than $2 million in federal Safe Streets and Roads for All funding to deploy sensors, smarter signal timing, and speed-management technology on the county's most dangerous road corridors through June 2030, with UCF as a research partner.
Local Government
The cheeseburger slider chain is preparing to open its first Lutz location at 19105 Wingshooter Way, its eighth Florida restaurant, with an opening expected in late July or early August 2026.
Local Government
Pasco County commissioners approved Monin's $100 million-plus manufacturing facility near Zephyrhills Municipal Airport, bringing 173 jobs but drawing resident concerns about whether roads and infrastructure can keep pace with the county's rapid growth.
Local Government
The Hillsborough County Commission's Tuesday, July 21 Land Use meeting agenda included a 45-acre Meritage Homes rezoning in Lutz, the Odessa Preserve subdivision plat, and a Lutz homeowner easement vacation, while five other applications were continued to August 11.
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