April 29, 2026 - FortWorthReport.org by Eric E. Garcia and Cecilia Lenzen -

Michael Morris, influential North Texas transportation director for 35 years, has been fired from his job.

The firing was made Tuesday by North Central Texas Council of Governments Executive Director Todd Little, a former Ellis County judge appointed to his role last May. Little did not immediately return a request for comment. 

“Michael Morris was terminated yesterday,” Johnson County Commissioner Rick Bailey, the chair of the Regional Transportation Council, told the Fort Worth Report Wednesday. “In my opinion, it was unwarranted.”

Morris, 70, could not be reached for comment.

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