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Kentucky Lawmakers call for REAL ID delay as appointments are backed up in NKY until June

Kentucky Lawmakers call for REAL ID delay as appointments are backed up in NKY until June
MEGAN. ALL RIGHT STEPHEN THANK YOU. IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS, YOU바카라 게임 웹사이트橪L NEED A REAL ID TO GET THROUGH FEDERAL SECURITY CHECKPOINTS LIKE THE TSA LINES IN AIRPORTS. BUT APPOINTMENTS ARE NOW BACKED UP FOR MONTHS IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND 바카라게임 NEWS FIVE바카라 게임 웹사이트橲 NICOLE APONTE LIVE FOR US FROM THE KENTON COUNTY CLERK바카라 게임 웹사이트橲 OFFICE IN COVINGTON AND NIKOLE. THE LONG LINES ARE ACTUALLY GETTING ATTENTION FROM LAWMAKERS THIS MORNING. MEGAN, WE ACTUALLY JUST CHECKED THIS MORNING TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE TO GET YOUR REAL ID, AND THERE ARE NO APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF JUNE, NOT ONLY AT THIS OFFICE HERE IN COVINGTON, BUT THERE ARE OTHER THREE REGIONAL OFFICES HERE IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY. JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THESE LINES THAT WE SAW JUST YESTERDAY MORNING AT THIS COVINGTON OFFICE. IT바카라 게임 웹사이트橲 WHY STATE SENATORS ARE NOW CALLING ON THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FOR THE ENFORCEMENT DATE TO BE PUSHED BACK. SENATOR JIMMY HIGDON LEADING THIS EFFORT WITH SIGNATURES FROM NEARLY 30 OTHER KENTUCKY SENATORS. LAWMAKERS HAVE ALREADY PASSED A BILL TO ALLOW THIRD PARTY OFFICES TO GRANT LICENSE RENEWALS IN KENTUCKY, BUT THIS GOES INTO EFFECT AFTER THE REAL ID DEADLINE OF MAY 7TH. HIGDON SAYS THE STATE JUST ISN바카라 게임 웹사이트橳 READY. DIDN바카라 게임 웹사이트橳 IMPLEMENT IT UNTIL 2019. WE WERE LATE TO THE GAME. A LOT OF THOSE STATES THAT ARE 100% COMPLIANT, THEY PUT IT INTO. THEY STARTED IN 2005. YOU KNOW, BEING COMPLIANT. PEOPLE ARE RUSHING TO THE REGIONAL OFFICES AND IT바카라 게임 웹사이트橲, YOU KNOW, THEY바카라 게임 웹사이트橰E JUST OVERWHELMED RIGHT NOW. THESE LAWMAKERS SAY THIS DEADLINE HAS BEEN PUSHED BACK IN THE PAST. AND HAVING ANOTHER EXTENSION REALLY COME INTO THE WORKS NOW WOULD HELP WITH THIS ROLLOUT OF REAL IDS ACROSS KENTUCKY AND ACROSS THE NATION. HIGDON IS HOPING FOR A TWO YEAR EXTENSION, BUT HE WILL BE SATISFIED WITH A ONE YEAR EXTENSION OF THIS TO HELP GET EVERYONE GET THEIR REAL IDEAS SQUARED AWAY IN THE TIME BEING. REPORTING LIVE IN COVINGTON THIS
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Kentucky Lawmakers call for REAL ID delay as appointments are backed up in NKY until June
In less than two weeks, you'll need a REAL ID to get through federal security checkpoints, such as TSA lines in airports. But appointments are now backed up for months in Northern Kentucky.The long lines are getting attention from state lawmakers this morning. 바카라게임 checked on Friday morning, and there are no appointments at the four offices in Northern Kentucky until the beginning of June. It's why state senators are now calling on the Department of Homeland Security for the enforcement date to be pushed back. Sen. Jimmy Higdon is leading this effort, with signatures from nearly 30 other Kentucky senators. They say appointments are backing up because of COVID-19 delays and the new vision test requirement for driver's licenses. "People are rushing to the regional offices, and it's, you know, they're just overwhelmed right now," Higdon said.Lawmakers have already passed a bill to allow third-party offices to grant license renewals in Kentucky, but this goes into effect after the REAL ID deadline of May 7. Higdon says the state just isn't ready."Kentucky didn't implement it until 2019," Higdon said. "We were late to the game. A lot of those states that are 100% compliant, they put it into they started in 2005, you know, being compliant." "The main thing is, you know, between now and May the 7th, if you don't plan to fly sometime in May or June," Higdon said, "don't get caught up in this rush to get your REAL ID."Higdon said a REAL ID is only necessary if you're planning on taking a commercial flight in the near future.These lawmakers say the deadline has been extended before, and having another one would make this rollout more effective.Higdon says he's hoping for a two-year extension, but would be satisfied with another year to allow everyone to get this squared away.

In less than two weeks, you'll need a REAL ID to get through federal security checkpoints, such as TSA lines in airports.

But appointments are now backed up for months in Northern Kentucky.

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The long lines are getting attention from state lawmakers this morning.

바카라게임 checked on Friday morning, and there are no appointments at the four offices in Northern Kentucky until the beginning of June.

It's why state senators are now calling on the Department of Homeland Security for the enforcement date to be pushed back.

Sen. Jimmy Higdon is leading this effort, with signatures from nearly 30 other Kentucky senators.

They say appointments are backing up because of COVID-19 delays and the new vision test requirement for driver's licenses.

"People are rushing to the regional offices, and it's, you know, they're just overwhelmed right now," Higdon said.

Lawmakers have already passed a bill to allow third-party offices to grant license renewals in Kentucky, but this goes into effect after the REAL ID deadline of May 7. Higdon says the state just isn't ready.

"Kentucky didn't implement it until 2019," Higdon said. "We were late to the game. A lot of those states that are 100% compliant, they put it into they started in 2005, you know, being compliant."

"The main thing is, you know, between now and May the 7th, if you don't plan to fly sometime in May or June," Higdon said, "don't get caught up in this rush to get your REAL ID."

Higdon said a REAL ID is only necessary if you're planning on taking a commercial flight in the near future.

These lawmakers say the deadline has been extended before, and having another one would make this rollout more effective.

Higdon says he's hoping for a two-year extension, but would be satisfied with another year to allow everyone to get this squared away.