The compost project has faced organized opposition for months and was a key driver behind Senate Bill 2078. The new law, ...

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said “it’s plain cowboy logic” to safeguard the meat industry from synthetic ...

Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed the legislation, authored by Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock and sponsored by Rep. Stan Gerdes ...

The law makes Texas the seventh state to ban the sale of lab-grown or cultured meat. Indiana passed a similar law in May.

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller today celebrated that Texas officially became the seventh state in the nation to ...

Senate Bill 2078, authored by Sen. Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham) and carried in the House by Rep. Stan Gerdes (R-Smithville), would restrict the deposit of food waste at composting facilities in ...

Among the lawmakers present were state representatives Stan Gerdes (R-District 17) and Paul Dyson (R-District 14), both of whom said the measure sends a strong message to educators, particularly ...

Kolkhorst, Schwertner, Dyson, Gerdes, Wharton — All in favor. Governor Greg Abbott signs school voucher bill, protestors gather outside. House Bill 2 – Public School Funding ...

— Stan Gerdes (@StanGerdesforTX) April 25, 2025. Gerdes carried additional bills addressing rural compost facility oversight in response to resident complaints in Lee County.

The bill’s author, Republican state Rep. Stan Gerdes, said in an interview Tuesday that there are “potentially” other ways to pass the bill banning "furries" in schools before the session ...

Despite the specificity of its language, the bill’s author, state Rep. Stan Gerdes, R-Smithville, couldn’t provide evidence that any Texas public school district is providing litter boxes to ...

“The core of this is getting back to the fundamentals of hiring and having the best person for the job,” said Rep. Stan Gerdes, R-Bastrop, who introduced the bill on Monday in the House’s ...