Government & Politics

Zephyr Park runs $8 million over budget as council weighs cutting the plan back

City staff told council at back-to-back budget workshops that the 50-acre Zephyr Park rehab has blown past its roughly $16 million budget, and the overrun could reach $13 million if the Alice Hall Community Center is rebuilt instead of renovated.

Analysts Warn Florida’s Property Tax Amendment Could Squeeze Pasco County Services

Florida voters will decide in November whether to dramatically expand the homestead exemption — a change backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that supporters call overdue tax relief and that state analysts, county groups and local officials warn could pull billions of dollars out of the budgets that pay for fire trucks, deputies and roads. In fast-growing, property-tax-dependent Pasco County, the stakes are unusually high.

How Much Could Pasco Homeowners Save Under DeSantis’s Property Tax Plan? We Ran the Numbers

Community Pushback Helps Halt 628-Home Development on Abbey Golf Course Near San Antonio, Florida

A proposal to replace the longtime Abbey Golf Course with hundreds of new homes was turned down last week after a standing-room-only hearing in St. Leo — a rare pause in the wave of subdivisions reshaping east Pasco County.

Pasco Sheriff Chris Nocco to Resign in November, Who will be Next Sheriff of Pasco?

Zephyrhills Steadily Expands City Limits as Industrial Corridor Reshapes the Map

The City of Zephyrhills has been quietly redrawing its boundaries one parcel at a time, with a string of annexations pulling more land into the corporate limits even as a residential building moratorium remains in effect through 2026