Politics & Government
The Daily Inter Lake’s Politics & Government section delivers updated local and national political coverage, featuring legislative developments, elections, policy debates, and government actions shaping Montana.
Kalispell City Council to consider ways to notify residents of future development
Kalispell City Council is expected to update the municipality’s public participation process for future developmen…
Doctors plead with Tennessee governor for stay-at-home order
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Doctors across Tennessee pleaded with Gov. Bill Lee on Tuesday to take stronger action to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.
Key medical glove factories cutting staff 50% amid virus
Malaysia's medical glove factories, which make most of the world's critical hand protection, are operating at half capacity just when they're most needed, The …
Vermont Senate passes coronavirus bills; on to the House
The Vermont Senate on Tuesday passed a series of measures designed to help the state respond to the COVID-19 outbreak that is sweeping the state and the nation.
North Carolina's largest county issues stay-at-home order
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Leaders of North Carolina's largest county have approved a "stay-at-home" order for residents in and around Charlotte, where the number of…
Ex-Trump lawyer loses effort for early prison release
NEW YORK (AP) — A former personal lawyer for President Donald Trump was denied early release from a three-year prison sentence Tuesday after he pleaded guilty …
Texas' lieutenant governor says US should get 'back to work'
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas' lieutenant governor said Monday night that the U.S. should get back to work in the face of the global pandemic and that people over…
Grim find: Bodies of virus victims in Spanish nursing homes
MADRID (AP) — Spanish army troops disinfecting nursing homes have found, to their horror, some residents living in squalor among the infectious bodies of peopl…
Lawsuit challenges Tennessee false campaign literature law
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Iconic plant's end spells doom for struggling coal industry
DRAKESBORO, Ky. (AP) — President Donald Trump tried to stop it from happening. The top Republican in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, did too.
Milwaukee mayor, others urge Evers to hold election by mail
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Voting advocacy groups and the mayor of Wisconsin's largest city on Tuesday urged Gov. Tony Evers to close polling sites and conduct the state's spring election entirely by mail to protect vote…
Coronavirus suddenly upends campaign themes for both parties
WASHINGTON (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic and the nation's crashing economy are scrambling the themes both major political parties thought would carry them to…
US shames Afghan leaders' obstinance as pandemic looms
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Washington's unprecedented threat to cut $1 billion in Afghanistan funding — a response to the refusal of rivals in Kabul to work tog…
At a glance: Nearly $2 trillion coronavirus rescue package
A snapshot of the emerging rescue package in Congress to provide health care and economic aid amid the coronavirus outbreak and national shutdown. The details …
Negotiators close on a nearly $2 trillion virus aid package
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top congressional and White House officials emerged from grueling negotiations at the Capitol over the nearly $2 trillion coronavirus rescue …
Arizona death prompts warning against self-medication
PHOENIX (AP) — A Phoenix-area man has died and his wife was in critical condition after the couple took chloroquine phosphate, an additive used to clean fish t…