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Many Of Ola's Driving School Customers Are From Somalia, Ethiopia. More than 1,100 people must retake their driving test after the Colorado Department of Revenue shut down a driving school. ... an investigation continues into whether he accepted cash in exchange for certifying driving tests.

INDIANAPOLIS -- A Morristown man is fuming after the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles' decision to suspend his license for a medical condition he doesn't have. Todd Allen said when he and his wife split up in 2009, the judge gave him their car. Allen said his ex-wife was not pleased with the judge's decision and told the BMV that he had narcolepsy, a chronic sleep disorder.

Planned Parenthood Denied Kansas Abortion License, Will Sue Topeka, KS -- The Planned parenthood abortion business has been denied a license to do abortions in the state of Kansas under a new law that requires abortion centers to meet the same health and safety standards as legitimate outpatient centers. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/30/planned-parenthood-denied-kansas-abortion-license-will-sue/

It's been tweeted so it must be official: The 8 semi-finalists for the license-plate design contest have been selected. Governor Nathan Deal officially opened the voting for the new general issue license plate on Friday. Online voting will last through July 8 and the winning plate will be announced on July 15. The winning design will be the default tag on "millions of vehicles in Georgia and wherever Georgia vehicles travel nationwide." The eight designs are below but you'll need to go to the Department of Revenue website to vote. See if you can guess the common theme in all...

Alabama Passes Mandatory E-Verify & Immigration Enforcement Bill Friday, June 3, 2011, 1:25 PM EDT An Alabama House and Senate conference committee agreed on a new bill, which both chambers have already passed, that requires the use of E-Verify by all businesses in the state and includes several immigration enforcement provisions. Should Gov. Robert Bentley sign the bill into law, it would become one of the largest state crackdowns on illegal immigration in the country. The bill requires all businesses, public and private, to begin using E-Verify effective April 1, 2012. Businesses that do not comply face suspension of its...

Trend: Dropouts might lose drivers licensesBy Sara Lenz, Deseret News Published: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 2:34 p.m. MDT Lawmakers around the country are looking at a new way to keep kids in school — not letting them get a drivers license if they drop out. Although Minnesota's law states that students only have to stay in school until they are 16, lawmakers there are considering a bill that would not allow school dropouts to get their license, the StarTribune reported on Tuesday. "Driving is not a right, it's a privilege, and it's perfectly within bounds for the state government to...

I often see DUI cases or the like where the driver borrowed someone's car so they could drive despite the fact the have no license and/or are suspended. Why is it the owner of the car is never charged as an accessory to a crime? If the owner did not file a police report of their car being stolen and the driver has keys, the presumption of guilt and burden of proof should be on the owner of the car. (How else would another person be driving the car?)

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.- Illinois officials said their "Special Plate Inhibit List," a list of banned license plates letter and number combinations, has grown to 4,758. Candace Wanzo, head of the specialty plate department in Springfield, said she and her staff use Web sites including Google, Google Translate and urbandictionary.com to decipher the hidden messages in vanity plates requested by motorists, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Friday. She said the list grows by about 20 entries each week, and includes such combinations as BRKNWND, IPOOP, BYECOP, DOGLIPS, BOOGR, SKINYDP, COMMODE and numerous plates containing text message shorthand for profane phrases. "Some of them...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A Republican-led motion to bring a vote on a bill that would have restricted driver's licenses access to illegal immigrants and attempted to stop other identification fraud was defeated Monday in the Washington state Senate, dealing proponents of the measure a major defeat. In a procedural motion, Republicans asked the Senate to consider the bill, which had not been brought to the floor by Democrats, who hold the majority and control of which bills get a vote. But the motion failed 23-25 in the waning minutes of a deadline to vote on bills in their chambers of...

Second Gosnell-Associated Abortion Practitioner Loses License Dover, DE -- A second abortion practitioner associated with Kermit Gosnell, the man charged with eight counts of murder for killing a woman in a failed abortion and killing babies in abortion-infanticides, has lost his medical license. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/03/07/second-gosnell-associated-abortion-practitioner-loses-license

Arizona Eyes Special License Plate for Tea PartyUpdated: Thursday, 03 Mar 2011, 4:37 PM MST PHOENIX - A bill advancing in the Arizona Legislature would give Tea Party supporters their own license plate but without taxpayers-provided startup costs that supporters wanted. But some of the proceeds of eventual sales of the "Don't Tread On Me" special plate would still go into a fund that a state committee would use to promote Tea Party principles. The Republican-led Senate gave the bill preliminary approval Thursday after deleting a provision to have the state highway fund front $32,000 of startup costs after critics...

Tennessee governor Bill Haslam is pushing state legislators to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill. The Tennessee Republican said Wednesday he is working with state Republican legislative leaders to develop a broad-based bill aimed at addressing illegal immigration. Mr. Haslam says he plans to put forth a number of bills, all of which are meant to address a certain immigration issue. One of the proposals would require the written portion of driver’s license exams be given in English, a proposal that has sparked debate in the past. “What I want to make certain is that those businesses that have located...

NASHVILLE - A measure that would require Tennessee's driver's license test to be given only in English is more likely to pass this session despite concerns from some opponents that it will hurt the state's economic development. The Senate Transportation Committee was scheduled today to hear the proposal sponsored by Republican Sen. Bill Ketron of Murfreesboro. A similar measure passed the Senate last year, but failed in the House. However, because the GOP controls both chambers - and every committee in both is headed by a Republican - the measure is expected to pass this year. Supporters of the bill...

OLYMPIA – A legislative hearing over a proposal to make driver’s license applicants give the state a Social Security number and a verifiable residence was abruptly halted Thursday after some members of the audience called the plan racist and anti-immigrant. Senate Transportation Chairwoman Mary Margaret Haugen, D-Camano Island, ended the hearing when several people in the audience tried to shout her down over the purpose of Senate Bill 5407. The panel had listened to a full hour of testimony, with some witnesses saying the bill would make the state safer by preventing terrorists from obtaining licenses and others who said...

Practitioner Loses License, Killed Woman in Failed Abortion Andrew Rutland, a southern California abortion practitioner, has agreed to give up his medical license a second time over a case involving his killing a woman in a botched abortion. Rutland killed an Asian woman in a failed abortion — as the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office ruled the death of Ying Chen a homicide. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/01/26/practitioner-loses-license-killed-woman-in-failed-abortion/

Yesterday the judge handed down his order in my constitutional challenge to the constitutionality of a State law which prohibits the carry of loaded firearms. The law criminalizes the carry of all loaded firearms, but there are a few defenses which include; handgun carry permit, being a cop, being a judge, hunting, fishing, or on private property. The judge said that regulating the carry of a loaded firearm was within the purvue of the State Constitution, which allows regulation with a view to prevent crime. I am ineligible to have a Tennessee handgun carry permit, I'm not a cop or...

Pilot duped AMA with fake M.D. claim Article updated: 12/12/2010 07:08 PM AP EXCLUSIVE: MILWAUKEE (AP) — He seemed like Superman, able to guide jumbo jets through perilous skies and tiny tubes through blocked arteries. As a cardiologist and United Airlines captain, William Hamman taught doctors and pilots ways to keep hearts and planes from crashing. He shared millions in grants, had university and hospital posts, and bragged of work for prestigious medical groups. An Associated Press story featured him leading a teamwork training session at an American College of Cardiology convention last spring. But it turns out Hamman isn't...

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — It was just another suburban fender-bender. A car zoomed into an intersection and braked too late to stop at a red light. The Georgia woman driving it, an American citizen, left with a wrecked auto, a sore neck and a traffic fine. But for Felipa Leonor Valencia, the Mexican woman who was driving the Jeep that was hit that day in March, the damage went far beyond a battered bumper. The crash led Ms. Valencia, an illegal immigrant who did not have a valid driver’s license, to 12 days in detention and the start of deportation proceedings...

Abortion Practitioner Loses License: Called a "Clear Danger" to Women Trenton, NJ -- After a nine hour hearing late Wednesday, the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners formally suspended the medical license of abortion practitioner and business owner Steven Chase Brigham. The board said he presented "a clear and imminent danger to the public health and safety." http://LifeNews.com/state5549.html

Abortion Practitioner Loses License: Called a "Clear Danger" to Women Trenton, NJ -- After a nine hour hearing late Wednesday, the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners formally suspended the medical license of abortion practitioner and business owner Steven Chase Brigham. The board said he presented "a clear and imminent danger to the public health and safety." http://LifeNews.com/state5549.html