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Why I Sat Down In the D.C. Mayor's Office for One City, One License

Prerna Lal | Posted 05.06.2013 | DC
Read More: Washington D.C., Mayor Vincent Gray, Immigration Reform, Congress, D.C., Driver's License, Real Id Act, DC News
Prerna Lal

Separate is not now, and never has been, equal. It is time to treat all D.C. residents equally, and disband with the two-tier proposal that unfairly targets, stigmatizes and enables profiling of hard-working, undocumented D.C. residents.

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Jack Kerouac, Come Home

Peter Weddle | Posted 04.25.2013 | Parents
Read More: Success, Millennials, Careers, Recent College Graduates, Unemployment, American Dream, Teen Driving, Parents-Teens, Driver's License, education123, Parents News
Peter Weddle

We are responsible for giving our kids their faith in America's open road. It's our job to authenticate the feasibility of their dream -- one that is even better than ours -- and we have not done so.

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The Spiritual Lesson In Renewing A Driver's License

Rev. Malcolm Boyd | Posted 04.12.2013 | Religion
Read More: Dmv, Spiritual Journey, Driver's License, Prayer and Meditation, Spiritual Practice, Driving Prayer, Religion News
Rev. Malcolm Boyd

My California Driver License was expiring shortly, so it needed to be renewed. In my case, this required my successly passing a test. I plunged into my new and demanding task.

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Licenses for Undocumented Drivers Will Make Illinois Safer for All

Brian Levin | Posted 02.09.2013 | Chicago
Read More: Immigration Reform, Undocumented Immigrants, Driver's License, Safety, Illinois, Immigration, Illinois Senate, Illinois House of Representatives, Driver's Licenses Undocumented Immigrants, Governor Quinn, Undocumented Workers, Chicago News
Brian Levin

Assuming the State House of Representatives and Governor Quinn sign off, Illinois will be the beneficiary of a great public policy that will improve public safety for all: issuing driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants.

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New Jersey Bans Smiling In Driver's License Photos

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 09.24.2012 | Business
Read More: Dmv, Video, New Jersey, Driver's License, NJ Driver's License Smiling, Velvet Jones, Phildelphia Inquirer, New Jersey Driver's License, New Jersey Driver's License Smiling Ban, Business News

Even if there was something to smile about while living in New Jersey, the residents better not do it while they're having their driver’s license ph...

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From Bangkok to California, a Self-Proclaimed Coward's Tale

Kristie Ko | Posted 11.14.2012 | Teen
Read More: Drivers License, Bangkok, Fear of Driving, Teen Drivers, Teens Driving, Teen News
Kristie Ko

Following my graduation, my family traveled to Bangkok, Malaysia and Singapore in order to, as my parents put it, "learn about family history and immerse ourselves in the culture."

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How I Got My Stubborn, Beloved Romanian Soul Mate to Stop Driving

Marie Marley | Posted 10.13.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Stop Driving, Caregiving, Caregiver, Driving, Dementia, Alzheimer's, Report Driving, Bureau of Motor Vehicles, Demented, Romanian, Driver's License, Cognitive Impairment, Memory Loss, Elderly Driving, Driving at Night, Fifty News
Marie Marley

I tried to convince myself it wouldn't have happened had he not been driving after dark. In my denial, I failed to make a connection between that event and the many lapses of memory and other signs of confusion he'd been showing for some time.

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House Candidate Could Lose Vote Under Controversial Voter ID Law

The Huffington Post | Patrick Svitek | Posted 08.10.2012 | Politics
Read More: Mike Turzai, Washington County, Video, Voter Registration, Driver's License, Pennsylvania 18th Congressional District, Mitt Romney, Pennsylvania Voter ID Law, Justice Department, Barack Obama, Voter ID, Larry Maggi, Politics News

A congressional candidate in Pennsylvania may not be able to vote for himself in the November elections, thanks to one of the country's most stringent...

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Not Driven To Drive

Reuters | Posted 09.01.2012 | Home
Read More: Learning to Drive, Rite of Passage, Millennial Generation, Getting a Car, Driver's License, Generation Y, Millennials, Reuters, Home News

* A former rite of passage becomes a chore for some * Slack economy, environmental concerns help push a trend By Deborah...

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New Mexico Immigrant License Access Data Points To Fraud

AP | By BARRY MASSEY | Posted 03.26.2012 | Latino Voices
Read More: Governor Susana Martinez, Illegal Immigrants Drivers Licenses, Video, Undocumented Immigrants, New Mexico, Driver's License, Undocumented Immigration, Susana Martinez, Undocumented Workers, Undocumented, Latino Voices News

SANTA FE, N.M. -- An Associated Press investigation has found that addresses of dozens of the same businesses and homes across New Mexico were used ov...

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New Mexico Lawmakers Take Governor To Court Over Harsh Immigration Law

AP | By BARRY MASSEY | Posted 10.24.2011 | Politics
Read More: Governor Susana Martinez, Immigration Reform, Politics News, Undocumented Immigrants, New Mexico, Driver's License, New Mexico Immigration, Undocumented Immigration, Immigration, U.S. Residents, Susana Martinez, Taxation and Revenue Department, Politics News

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) -- Four state legislators and a Silver City woman asked a judge Wednesday to stop Gov. Susana Martinez's administration from tryin...

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WATCH: Religion Compels This 'Pastafarian' To Wear A Colander On Head

Posted 09.12.2011 | Weird News
Read More: Religion, Pasta, Austria, Video, Flying Spaghetti Monster, Driver's License, Colander, Spaghetti Monster, Niko Alm, Pastafarian, Church-of-the-Flying-Spaghetti-Monster, Weird Austria, Weird Religion, Freedom of Religion, Weird News News

Religion compels this man to wear a spaghetti strainer on his head. Niko Alm, a self-described "pastafarian," has been given the right to wear a co...

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Chinese Organ Donor Plan Causes Controversy

Posted 06.26.2011 | World
Read More: Organ Donations, Driver's License, China, China Organ Donor Plan, Organ Transplants, World News

China's plan to tackle the nation's organ transplant demands by encouraging new drivers to become donors is getting mixed reviews. As Reuters is r...

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Bad Grades Could Cost Students Their Driver's Licenses In Nevada

Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Clark County, Teen Driving, Nevada, High School Dropouts, Driver's License, Home News

Lawmakers in Nevada considered a bill on Monday that would allow the state to suspend a student's driver's license for poor academic performance. Cla...

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Ticketing Cameras: An Easy Solution to State Debt, and Environmentally Friendly, Too!

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Speeding Tickets, State Deficits, Car Registration, Driver's License, Money, Ticketing Cameras, Speed Limits, Deficit, Politics News
Dr. Susan Corso

Even though we all know that there aren't enough traffic personnel to stop every speed demon on the roads, there is a simple, effective and lucrative solution: install ticketing cameras on roads of all kinds.

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Puerto Ricans, ID Theft Targets: Hispanic Last Names Sought To Hide Illegal Immigrants

AP | DANICA COTO | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Latinos, Documents, Crime, Terrorism, Identity Theft, Social Security Card, Fbi, Papers, Illgeal Immigration, Id, Ice, Puerto Rico, Driver's License, Identification, Birth Certificates, Pr, San Juan, New York News

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Born in a U.S. territory where he has lived all his life, Jose Marrero Rivera didn't know his name and social security n...

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Non-English Speakers Struggle To Get Up To Speed As States Try To Keep Them Off Roads

Louis Provenzano | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Dmv, License Test, Language, Immigrant, Driver's License, Non-English Speaker, Politics News
Louis Provenzano

Nine states currently offer an English-only written driver's license test and at least three others - Georgia, Missouri and Tennessee - are actively p...

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Virginia is for Drivers

Tamar Abrams | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Traffic, Teen Driver, Dmv, Virginia, Driver's License, Katie Couric, Arlington-Virginia, Beltway, Family Court, Healthy Living News
Tamar Abrams

When you're a progressive Democrat living in the Commonwealth of Virginia, you have a lot of 'splainin' to do. The motto "Virginia is for Lovers" may ...

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Homeless in Columbia: Photo ID and the Silent Voting Bloc (VIDEO)

Paul Bowers | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: Welfare, Social Security, Voter Fraud, Photo ID, Voting Problems, Andre Bauer, Legislation, Government, Elections, Dmv, Andre Bauer Stray Animals, Birth Certificate, Homelessness, Driver's License, South Carolina, City Council, Poll Tax, Voting, Columbia, Salvation Army, Strom Thurmond, Dhec, College News
Paul Bowers

If you're used to instant gratification, homelessness might not be for you. I found that out during our three days on the streets, and it became especially evident later when I walked (literally) through the steps of obtaining a photo ID.

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Monkey-Masked Driver Avoids Dozens Of Speeding Tickets

The Arizona Republic | JJ Hensley | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Speed-Camera Tickets, Driver's License, Speeding Tickets, Arizona, Monkey Mask, Home News

...when state Department of Public Safety officers served 37 unpaid photo-enforcement tickets to Vontesmar recently, he wasn't fazed. The photos al...

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Sam Stein

Obama Stands By Support For Spitzer Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: 2008 Campaign, Obama, Clinton, Drivers License, Spitzer, Illegal Immigrants, Politics News

Sen. Barack Obama, D-Il, is standing by his support for granting driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants, even after Gov. Eliot Spitzer, D-NY, ab...

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