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Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Local Government
Weightman, Vazquez fundraising gap widens in Wesley Chapel race
Local Government
Pasco board proposes stricter school capacity limits after 20 years
The Pasco County School Board voted Tuesday, Aug. 25 to propose lowering school capacity thresholds to 100% for all grade levels and creating five service areas, the first revision to concurrency rules in nearly 20 years, as Wesley Chapel high schools burst past capacity.
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Lowe's, Walmart plan stores in 1,300-acre SR-52 development
Local Government
Pasco board proposes stricter school capacity limits after 20 years
The Pasco County School Board voted Tuesday, Aug. 25 to propose lowering school capacity thresholds to 100% for all grade levels and creating five service areas, the first revision to concurrency rules in nearly 20 years, as Wesley Chapel high schools burst past capacity.
Local Government
Weightman, Vazquez fundraising gap widens in Wesley Chapel race
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Lowe's, Walmart plan stores in 1,300-acre SR-52 development
Local Government
Pasco board proposes stricter school capacity limits after 20 years
The Pasco County School Board voted Tuesday, Aug. 25 to propose lowering school capacity thresholds to 100% for all grade levels and creating five service areas, the first revision to concurrency rules in nearly 20 years, as Wesley Chapel high schools burst past capacity.
Local Government
Weightman, Vazquez fundraising gap widens in Wesley Chapel race
Local Government
Lowe's, Walmart plan stores in 1,300-acre SR-52 development
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Pasco Tax Collector's West Pasco office reopens Monday with nine more service counters
Pasco County Tax Collector Mike Fasano's West Pasco Government Center office in New Port Richey reopens Monday, July 20, with driver license services restored and counter stations expanded from 13 to 22 after a renovation that began in June.
Local Government
Pasco Bay Scallop Season Open Through Aug. 18
Pasco County's 40-day bay scallop season is open through Monday, August 18, offering Wesley Chapel families a nearby summer tradition that drew 34,500 visitors and $7.5 million in spending during the 2025 season.
Local Government
Tampa Bay nonprofit serving 100-plus child trafficking survivors holds art fundraiser
Redefining Refuge, a Tampa Bay nonprofit with more than 100 children in its active Hillsborough County caseload, held an art fundraiser on Saturday, July 18, to support survivors of child sex trafficking, with founder Natasha Nascimento urging area residents to trust their instincts and report concerns.
Local Government
Pasco commission adds 50,000 square feet of commercial capacity to Pasadena Hills plan
The Pasco County Commission adopted Ordinance 26-26 on Tuesday, July 14, increasing non-residential development entitlements in Village B of the Villages of Pasadena Hills by 50,000 square feet and raising the overall Type 2 Villages commercial cap to 1.21 million square feet.
Local Government
Write-in filing shuts 216,000 non-Republican voters out of Pasco District 4 primary
A write-in candidate's last-minute filing has closed the Pasco County Commission District 4 Republican primary to non-Republican voters, shutting out more than 216,000 registered Democrats, independents, and minor-party members from the Tuesday, August 18 contest between incumbent Lisa Yeager and challenger Jonathon Deckard.
Local Government
Speed cameras coming to five New Tampa schools bordering Wesley Chapel
Tampa City Council unanimously approved automated speed cameras for five New Tampa schools bordering Wesley Chapel on July 16, with $100 fines for drivers exceeding school zone limits by more than 10 mph once a 30-day warning period ends.
Local Government
Seven original plays hit the stage at Wesley Chapel Theater Group's one-act festival
The Wesley Chapel Theater Group stages its second annual One-Act Festival on Saturday, July 18, and Sunday, July 19, at the Starkey Ranch Theatre Library Cultural Center, featuring seven original 10-minute plays by Florida playwrights selected from more than 50 submissions.
Local Government
Wesley Chapel sports campus manager earns national marketing accreditation
Florida's Sports Coast, the organization that manages Wesley Chapel's Wiregrass Ranch Sports Campus, earned national DMAP accreditation on July 15, joining fewer than 200 organizations worldwide.
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The Grill at Morris Bridge names Zach Thorpe as new executive chef
Zach Thorpe, formerly sous chef at Clearwater Beach's AAA Four-Diamond Caretta on the Gulf, has taken over as executive chef at The Grill at Morris Bridge near Wesley Chapel, introducing a rotating "Chef's Features" menu with Southern and Southwestern American influences.
Local Government
Pasco superintendent will teach college civics at River Ridge High, unpaid
Pasco County Schools Superintendent Dr. John Legg will teach two unpaid college-level civics courses to 30 students at River Ridge High School starting in August, offering six free college credits over the school year.
Local Government
Two Rivers mega-development clears Pasco planning commission with surf park, 4,000 homes along SR-56
The Pasco County Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of sweeping changes to the Two Rivers mega-development along SR-56, including nearly 4,000 homes, 1,900 apartments, a 480-room hotel, and a 35-acre surf park targeting a late-2027 opening. The final decision now goes to the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners.
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