When Oregon lawmakers in 2013 passed a law establishing some of the state’s earliest guidelines for public drone usage, not a single state or local agency was using drones. The law prohibited the use of armed drones and restricted their use in law enforcement surveillance to cases involving a search warrant or life-threatening emergencies, such […]

In 1955, 15 cents could buy a McDonald’s hamburger or pay the tax for 15 gallons of jet fuel. More than 70 years later, hamburgers cost several dollars but the tax rate the state’s aviation agency counts on hasn’t changed.  Oregon Department of Aviation Director Kenji Sugahara shared that comparison with lawmakers on the interim […]