The Evening Brief: May 29, 2012

New in The Texas Tribune:

• Hughes Files for Speaker: "State Rep. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, filed papers saying he will run for speaker of the House in January, setting up another challenger for House Speaker Joe Straus."

• Director of Troubled Youth Agency to Retire: "After nearly fours years leading the state's juvenile justice agency, Cherie Townsend announced on Tuesday that she will retire next month, following reports of increasing violence at Texas' youth lockups."

Culled:

• Worker shot outside South Texas polling location (The Associated Press): "A man campaigning outside a South Texas police and fire station serving as a polling place was shot in the leg Tuesday in an apparent drive-by shooting, but authorities hadn't identified any suspects or determined whether the motive was political."

• 6 things to watch in Texas (Politico): "President Barack Obama’s humbling Appalachian primary tour is over. But there’s still one more chance for him to be embarrassed by white, rural working class voters."

• Will Obama get snubbed (again) in Texas primary? (The Washington Post): "In tonight’s Texas primary, President Obama faces another set of red-state voters — and with it the possibility that some little known challenger could rack up some significant portion of the Democratic vote."

• Texas schools short by 15,000 teachers this year, analysis shows (The Dallas Morning News): "Texas’ public schools should have operated with 15,000 more teachers this year, the fallout from unprecedented legislative-imposed funding cuts. And many educators believe the situation will worsen in the coming school year."