Most people are unaware that, if you fall behind too much or don't pay your Louisiana state income taxes, your driver's license can be suspended or even revoked.
The Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles will be open for those with urgent needs only for the time being. Those with less urgent needs are encouraged to wait.
Louisiana lawmakers are considering whether to raise driver's license fees by $1 and taking that estimated $2.4 million raised over five years and putting it into a veterans assistance fund.
Louisiana residents can now get driver's licenses and identification cards that meet standards of the federal REAL ID security laws, this after years of refusal by the state to follow the requirements.
Louisiana could be the first state in the nation to offer a digital driver's license. This would make driving without a license almost a thing of the past.