AUSTIN (Nester) — Rep. Stan Gerdes and Tom Glass battled to be House District 17’s GOP nominee. The race involved Bastrop, Burleson, Caldwell, Lee and Milam counties but, like many races for ...

Montgomery County commissioners will move their regular meetings to Thursday starting Jan. 1 to accommodate a new state law ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Voters are sending Representative Stan Gerdes back to Austin after an apparent landslide win for Texas House District 17. The Republican has received almost 70% of the vote ...

In March 2024’s Republican primary, however, nearly 60 percent of District 17 GOP voters backed Gerdes. He was re-elected in November to represent the district in the 89th Legislature, which ...

On March 13, Rep. Stan Gerdes (R-Smithville) announced he had filed the Forbidden Unlawful Representation of Roleplaying in Education Act. In a press release announcing the bill, he said he had ...

Rep. Stan Gerdes, R-Smithville, who is seeking reelection to a second term, is campaigning with Abbott's support to continue representing Bastrop, Burleson, Caldwell, Lee and Milam counties in the ...

The latest Stan Gerdes news from The Texas Tribune. By Patrick Svitek April 4, 2023 Passage of a school choice measure is anything but a sure bet, as there is little evidence that the governor has ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House gave initial approval on Monday to a bill to toughen penalties on people who commit intoxication manslaughter while in the country illegally. House Bill 2017 was ...

Rep. Stan Gerdes, the bill's author, claimed schools were providing litter boxes for students acting as "furries." When pressed, Gerdes could not find an example. The bill was left pending in ...