Congress Moves to Reduce Risk of Midair Collisions Posed by Drones

The FAA reauthorization bill would require drone manufacturers to include a “safety statement” in product packaging including information about drone laws and regulations, and would raise to $20,000 the potential fines for drone operators who interfere with wildfire suppression, law enforcement or emergency response efforts.

Who Knew?

Don’t miss Mike Marland’s new cartoon The Beach at marlandcartoons.com.

Koch-backed ‘dark money’ groups fined for failing to disclose donors

In an extraordinary move, the Federal Election Commission — frequently gridlocked and often criticized as toothless — has fined three so-called “dark money” groups funded by the donor network connected to conservative billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch a total of $233,000 for failing to reveal the source of their funds.

NH Testing Begins For People Impacted by PFC Drinking Water Contamination

Individuals eligible for the DHHS PFC blood testing program include those who worked on, lived on, or attended child care on the Pease Tradeport, and residents of Amherst, Bedford, Litchfield, Manchester, and Merrimack who live on streets served by private drinking water wells that have registered PFC levels above 70 ppt.

Clinton and Wall Street: What’s the Deal, Really?

Wall Street more broadly doesn’t have any outsized affection for Clinton, but a relative handful of donors who work in the industry have invested heavily in her.