motor vehicle commission

Since reopening during the pandemic, the Motor Vehicle Commission has had licenses-only and vehicles-only agencies. An advancing bill would end that.

Sue Fulton, the chair and chief administrator of the MVC, said 35% to 40% of employees remain absent from work on any given day – better than the 55% at the height of COVID, but still much higher than the 20% before the pandemic.

Senate Republicans said they will oppose the nomination of Sue Fulton as assistant secretary of defense over comments critical of GOP and evangelicals.

Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver and Republican challenger Diane Allen debated at Rider University, disagreeing often but at a lower volume than the gubernatorial debate.

While the new law offering licenses regardless of immigration status has added to the volume, so have school delays amid COVID-19.

Some immunized workers at the state Motor Vehicle Commission are spending two weeks in quarantine through a note from their doctor despite being protected from the novel coronavirus, the state health commissioner told lawmakers Tuesday.

The deadline had been Oct. 1, 2021, but it was becoming clear that many people wouldn't make it, in part because the COVID-19 outbreak has made it harder for states to issue new licenses.

MVC locations have been closed a combined 1,291 agency days since reopening last July, equaling a 12% closure rate. Since Oct. 1, agencies have been closed due to COVID more than 16% of the time.

There's high demand for new licenses, but many people in line could conduct their transactions online instead, a spokesman said.

The MVC announced Monday that the ongoing pandemic has stressed the system too much to start the new licenses, yet.