Homeland Security willing to work on “enhanced” driver’s licenses

Rules that are due to go into effect next year would require anyone entering the United States by land or by sea to present a passport. But most Vermonters don’t have a passport. So, Vermont has been urging the Department of Homeland Security to accept driver’s licenses, instead. And Homeland Security says it’s willing to work with the state to develop “enhanced” licenses.

Midday Newscast: August 17, 2007

Here are the top stories at the noon hour. It looks like that wasn’t a tornado that hit northwestern Vermont yesterday; Senator Bernie Sanders says it appears there aren’t enough customs and Border Patrol officers along the U.S. Canada border; Governor Jim Douglas says changes to the education property tax system aren’t working.