Terry Evans

The significance of the Gettysburg Address is not lost on Texas educators and historians, who say President Abraham Lincoln’s short speech still defines the nation he helped preserve.

Former House Speaker Jim Wright was denied a voter ID card Saturday at a Texas Department of Public Safety office. “Nobody was ugly to us, but they insisted that they wouldn’t give me an ID,” Wright said. The legendary Texas political figure says that he has worked things out with DPS and that he will get a state-issued personal identification card in time for him to vote Tuesday in the state and local elections.