State officials are partnering with Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon’s office to streamline processes to obtain birth certificates, marriage licenses and the other additional personal documents needed ...

Air travelers in the U.S. without a REAL ID or another acceptable document, such as a passport, will be charged a $45 fee ...

REAL ID-compliant IDs are now needed to board federally regulated commercial aircrafts, and if you don't have one, a fee is in your future.

Flyers without Real IDs, passports or other accepted forms of identification will need to pay a $45 fee starting Feb. 1.

As of February, passengers without the government-approved identity card will be required to pay for alternative screening at ...

With the holiday travel season underway, here's what to know about new REAL ID requirements and when the fee kicks in.

Starting Feb. 1, 2026, people who don’t have a Real ID will need to pay the fee to board a flight, according to a TSA press ...

TSA began requiring travelers to present REAL IDs in early May, but not everyone has complied.

Under the regulations, every air traveller aged 18 or over must present a REAL ID ...

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is making accommodations to help Illinois residents adjust to new ID guidelines being set by TSA next year.

In May 2025, the REAL ID regulation officially went into place after the act was passed two decades ago in response to the ...

SPRINGFIELD With the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) new $45 penalty set to catch travelers off guard starting ...