TEXAS TODAY
LUBBOCK — A West Texas county commissioner with aspirations for higher office was ejected from his seat this week, after the county judge accused the commissioner of violating the Texas Constitution — the latest twist in a yearslong feud between the two Republicans.
Judge Curtis Parrish, Lubbock County’s top elected official, removed Commissioner Jason Corley from his seat on Monday because Corley announced he was running for Congress outside of a window framed in the state constitution that would have allowed Corley to keep his seat.
Corley said he was escorted from the county courthouse with a security detail. He is suing to be reinstated.
“I had to pack like the rent was due and head out the door,” Corley told The Texas Tribune.
TEA to Take Over 3 More School Districts Next Year
The Texas Education Agency is replacing the elected school boards of the Beaumont, Connally and Lake Worth school districts, Education Commissioner Mike Morath announced Thursday.
State law allows Morath to either close a campus or appoint new leadership if at least one school in the district receives five consecutive failing grades in Texas’ academic accountability system. Each of the districts met that threshold.
Pending appeals, the commissioner plans to replace each district’s school board with a state-selected board of managers. Morath will also appoint a conservator with governing authority over current district and campus leaders during the transition, which typically takes several months to complete.
The education agency will solicit applications from local community members interested in joining each district’s board of managers. Morath will also appoint superintendents to lead the districts.
Cuellar Returning to Chairmanship Following Presidential Pardon
Days after he was pardoned by President Donald Trump, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar won back his position as the top Democratic member on a powerful House panel that oversees funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
The Laredo Democrat forfeited his role as chair of the Appropriations subcommittee on Homeland Security in 2024 after he was indicted on corruption charges, based on House Democratic rules that made him ineligible to hold onto the post. Now that he’s been pardoned, Cuellar is eligible to return as ranking member of the subcommittee.
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