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You Can Keep
Procrastinating
on That Real ID

Dec 6, 2022 3:00 AM CST

You Can Keep Procrastinating on That Real ID

Until May 2025

(Newser) - Enforcement of the Real ID law has been pushed back yet again. The Department of Homeland Security last year issued the latest in a series of delays of the deadline due to the COVID-19 pandemic; enforcement was supposed to begin in May of next year. Instead, the department announced Monday,...

American Travelers Get Another 'Real ID' Reprieve

That New ID You Need to Fly?
You Can Keep Procrastinating

Apr 28, 2021 7:37 AM CDT

That New ID You Need to Fly? You Can Keep Procrastinating

'Real ID' deadline is now May 2023 because of COVID-19

(Newser) - Americans will have more time to get the Real ID that they will need to board a flight or enter federal facilities. The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday extended the Real ID deadline a sizable 19 months, reports CNN —until May 3, 2023. The deadline had been Oct....

Star on State ID
Is About to Become
Hugely Important

Oct 2, 2019 9:50 AM CDT

Star on State ID Is About to Become Hugely Important

One year from REAL ID deadline, most Americans are without

(Newser) - Americans intending to fly domestically next year using their state-issued ID better first check the upper right-hand corner. Starting Oct. 1, 2020, travelers will need an upgraded driver's license—what's known as a REAL ID—to access airport security checkpoints, nuclear power plants, and certain federal buildings. The...

States Fume on Eve of
REAL ID Deadline

Mar 30, 2008 4:15 PM CDT

States Fume on Eve of REAL ID Deadline

Montana leads fight against unfunded federal law

(Newser) - Washington is locked in a standoff with states over REAL ID, an anti-terror law that aims to make driver's licenses harder to dupe or obtain. But no states are near complying and Montana, New Hampshire, and Maine have all balked at the unfunded plan. What's more, REAL ID is just...

Montana Gov Rips Real ID Law

Mar 9, 2008 8:19 AM CDT

Montana Gov Rips Real ID Law

Calls scheme 'kooky' and 'hare-brained'

(Newser) - NPR Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer and every single state legislator have refused to implement the Real ID Act, a congressional mandate to create standardized identification documents. Schweitzer tells NPR the law is "kooky" and "hare-brained," asserting that half a dozen high school students and a Kinko's are...

Mont. Governor Calls for Rally Against Real ID

Jan 19, 2008 10:33 AM CST

Mont. Governor Calls for Rally Against Real ID

Asks 17 other states to 'join me in resisting'

(Newser) - Montana's governor firmly rejected new federal ID legislation yesterday, urging 17 other states to join him in battling the DHS Real ID program, which requires citizens to reapply for ID, Wired reports. "If we stand together either DHS will blink or Congress will have to act to avoid havoc...

New Fed ID Law Puts States in Costly Bind

Jan 11, 2008 5:45 PM CST

New Fed ID Law Puts States in Costly Bind

Homeland Security pushes back deadline for revamped licenses

(Newser) - A new federal ID law has 17 states in an uproar over the cost of new driver's licenses and a rushed timetable, the AP reports. Michael Chertoff laid out final details of the REAL ID program today, including an extended timetable with one short deadline: Residents of states that don't...

Feds to Unveil New ID System

Jan 11, 2008 8:22 AM CST

Feds to Unveil New ID System

States get more time to phase in more secure licenses

(Newser) - Homeland Security officials will unveil plans today for new super-secure drivers' licenses but will give reluctant states more time to comply, the AP reports. Every American under 50 will have to switch to the new licenses by 2011 and those older by 2018. The licenses will be linked to a...