{"id":1310802,"date":"2019-05-29T09:57:59","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T15:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=979599"},"modified":"2019-05-29T09:57:59","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T15:57:59","slug":"colorado-governor-signs-immigrant-drivers-license-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/colorado-governor-signs-immigrant-drivers-license-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado governor signs immigrant driver\u2019s license bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/colorado-driver-license.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/colorado-driver-license.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/colorado-driver-license-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption><strong>A sample Colorado driver&#8217;s license.<\/strong><br \/><em>Colorado Department of Revenue<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>DENVER (AP) \u2014 A bill increasing the number of locations where Colorado residents who are in the country illegally can obtain driver\u2019s licenses has become law.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Jared Polis signed the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/leg.colorado.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/2019A\/bills\/2019a_139_enr.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">legislation<\/a>&nbsp;on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Farming, dairy and other business groups backed the initiative, saying it will make it easier for employees to drive to work and operate machinery on the job.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters say it also encourages drivers to get insurance.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado began issuing the special licenses in 2014. Applicants\u2019 fees pay for the program.<\/p>\n<p>Under the law, the licenses will become available at 10 Department of Motor Vehicles offices by July 2020. Just three DMV offices currently offer them to new applicants.<\/p>\n<p>Immigrants who can prove they live in Colorado are eligible.<\/p>\n<p>Twelve U.S. states offer such licenses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/colorado-governor-signs-immigrant-drivers-license-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sample Colorado driver&#8217;s license.Colorado Department of Revenue DENVER (AP) \u2014 A bill increasing the number of locations where Colorado residents who are in the country illegally can obtain driver\u2019s licenses has become law. Gov. Jared Polis signed the&nbsp;legislation&nbsp;on Tuesday. Farming, dairy and other business groups backed the initiative, saying it will make it easier [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1310802","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-18 06:40:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1310802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310802\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1310802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1310802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1310802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}