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Ex-MVA employee pleads guilty in conspiracy to issue fraudulent driver’s licenses
A former employee of the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration pleaded guilty Friday to producing fraudulent driver's licenses for cash, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced.
Frosh lauds passage of bill to end license suspensions for inability to pay
The Motor Vehicle Administration can no longer suspend the driver’s licenses of motorists who fail to pay a traffic fine due to their lack of funds under legislation the General Assembly passed unanimously and sent to Gov. Larry Hogan before its early adjournment Wednesday. The measure was introduced at the urging of Maryland Attorney General […]
Frosh urges end to license suspensions based on inability to pay
ANNAPOLIS – Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh urged legislators Wednesday to strip the state of its authority to suspend the driver’s licenses of motorists who fail to pay a traffic fine because they lack the funds, saying such suspensions criminalize poverty and force low-income drivers to choose between missing work or risking arrest by […]
Frosh seeks repeal of Md. license suspensions based on inability to pay
ANNAPOLIS – Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh on Wednesday called for repealing the state’s authority to suspend the driver’s licenses of motorists who fail to pay a traffic fine or fee because they lack the funds, saying such a suspension criminalizes poverty and forces low-income drivers to choose between missing work or tempting arrest […]
Bill allowing unspecified gender on licenses advances
A measure to enable Maryland residents to select an unspecified gender on their driver's licenses has advanced in the state Senate.Senators gave the measure preliminary approval Wednesday.
HELEN C. RIVERA v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Allowing trial judges to unilaterally reclassify the status of an individual’s driver’s license and bypass the MVA system severely impedes the ability of the MVA to monitor which Maryland-licensed drivers are currently permitted to drive.
McDonough: Erect tent cities on the border
McDonough is the latest elected official from Baltimore County to oppose the possible relocation of 50 children from Central America to the area by Catholic Charities of Maryland.
McDonough: Drivers license law makes Maryland ‘Disneyland for illegal immigrants’
Del. Patrick McDonough, R-Baltimore, said the law is the prime example of how "the General Assembly is so infected with the illegal alien advocates that the people of Maryland are just shut out and have no voice whatsoever."
Immigrant driver’s license law taking effect in Md.
ANNAPOLIS — Immigrants living in the U.S. illegally will be able to obtain a Maryland driver’s license or identification card under a new law taking effect this week. The law goes into effect Wednesday. It expands a program Maryland adopted in 2009 to comply with tighter federal identification rules. Maryland’s 2009 law created a two-tiered […]
D.C. mayor signs immigrant driver’s license bill
WASHINGTON — Starting next year, people living in the nation’s capital who don’t have legal permission to reside in the United States will be able to get driver’s licenses. Democratic Mayor Vincent Gray signed a bill on Monday that would allow the District of Columbia’s Department of Motor Vehicles to issue licenses to people who […]
Illegal immigrants start Maryland driver’s license process
ANNAPOLIS – Illegal immigrants can begin the process to get a Maryland driver’s license beginning Monday, Nov. 4, according to Philip Dacey, a spokesman for the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration. The first step is to schedule an appointment to get a driver’s license in January, Dacey said. Under the Maryland Highway Safety Act, passed in […]
Court reinstates driver’s license suspension
The Maryland Court of Appeals on Thursday reinstated the 90-day suspension of a Carroll County man’s driver’s license for having driven drunk — more than four years after the high court heard the Motor Vehicle Administration’s appeal in the case.
