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Getting a Real ID Driver’s License Will Drive You Crazy

Our daughter warned us. She needed to take half a day off from work to renew her license and get the Real ID version that will be required to board an airplane in a year. She arrived when the facility opened and joined a line snaking around the building. Four hours later, she left with... Read more »

By Laurie Levy,
October 2, 2019 at 8:27 am • 

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