If you are one of the millions of people across the country that has yet to get a REAL ID, you're in luck. Once again the Department of Homeland Security has pushed the start date back, this time by two years. The first deadline was in 2008, states pushed back on REAL ID legislation delaying the start. October 2020 was the next goal, but for obvious reasons regulators picked a new date. 2021 came and went and the deadline was pushed to 2023, both times the Department of Homeland Security cited COVID hardship as the cause. Now 2023 is a bust, the new goal date is May 2025. "There's backlogs in the state DMV offices and as a result we want to make sure they are able to clear those backlogs, but also be able to issue more REAL ID compliant driver's licenses," explains Transportation Security Administration Spokesperson Lorie Dankers. Full story: https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/why-real-id-deadline-was-extended-again/63-05b4a32c-e9bb-4151-bc25-1465f31663b0