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Federal agency probing Alabama license office reductions
Federal agency probing Alabama license office reductionsBy Kim Chandler | AP, Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/federal-agency-probing-alabama-license-office-reductions/2015/12/09/9a81ea1a-9e95-11e5-9ad2-568d814bbf3b_story.html
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Federal officials will investigate whether Alabama violated civil rights law with closures and service reductions at rural driver’s license offices including many in counties with heavily minority populations, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Wednesday.
“Driver License Offices offer essential services to the American people, including providing thousands in Alabama with a method of identification. It is critical that these services be free of discrimination, and serve the people of the state fairly and equally,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said in a statement.
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