The next time you’re at a Texas Department of Public Safety office, you might want to consider getting a REAL ID. The REAL ID Act, passed in 2005, sets security standards for issuing sources of ...

Holiday travel is stressful enough. Don’t ground yourself this season by having the wrong identification. Federal law now requires all flyers to carry certain types of ID before boarding a plane, and ...

The REAL ID Act, passed by Congress in 2005 following the 9/11 attacks, set federal security standards for state-issued IDs such as driver’s licenses. In Texas, REAL ID–compliant cards are marked with ...

Texans who plan to fly beginning Feb. 1, should check to see if their driver's licenses or identification cards are up-to-date before the Transportation Security Administration begins charging $45 to ...

For two decades, the federal government has delayed the rollout of REAL IDs – a post 9/11 creation formed by the REAL ID Act passed by Congress in 2005. The act was passed to set national security ...

Still don't have your REAL ID? If you're planning to fly somewhere in 2026, it's going to cost you a couple of Andrew Jacksons. The Transportation Security Administration announced Monday that ...

Starting Feb. 1, travelers who do not present acceptable identification and still want to fly will be given an option to pay the fee to use "TSA Confirm.ID", an alternative identification system, the ...

Houston travelers without a Real ID could soon pay $45 for an optional identity-verification process at airport security checkpoints. Those who don’t have a Real ID-compliant state driver’s license or ...