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A Horizon Hobby Blade Zeyrock micro-drone. — Jim Meadows / Illinois Public Media

June 01, 2016

Davis Says Smaller Drones Should Be Exempt From FAA Rules

An Illinois congressman says lightweight drones designed for the hobby market should be free of the federal regulations governing bigger models for commercial and military use.

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July 15, 2014

Farmers Turn Drone Technology To The Skies Despite Cloudy Regulation

An AeroVironment Puma drone — (Keith Cunningham/AP)

June 10, 2014

Drones Approved: FAA Gives OK To First Commercial Use Over Land

Jeff Blank, of Los Angeles-based Drone Dudes, prepares a quadcopter for takeoff. The drone has to chase a motorcycle down a hill. — (Aarti Shahani/NPR)

May 16, 2014

Are Filmmakers Using Drones Illegally? Looks Like It

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Matt Waite (standing at right) leads the Drone Journalism Lab at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. — (Courtesy of Drone Journalism Lab)

May 05, 2014

Drone Journalism Can’t Fully Take Flight Until Regulators Act

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