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…
Global economic coordination not happening in virus crisis
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — When the global economy melted down in 2008, world leaders swiftly created an international forum to boost economies by spending more…
Spain says deaths from the coronavirus have more than doubled in a day to 288, infections near 8,000
MADRID (AP) — Spain says deaths from the coronavirus have more than doubled in a day to 288, infections near 8,000.
States turn to cash reserves as coronavirus strains budgets
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (AP) — States across the U.S. are allocating hundreds of millions of dollars to respond to the coronavirus, even as the U.S. government prep…
AP PHOTOS: Italians cooped up by virus cope with creativity
ROME (AP) — Italians are cooped up at home by a government decree to combat the spread of coronavirus. They are coping creatively.
Greece transferring 450 migrants to facility near Athens
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece is transferring 450 migrants recently detained for trying to reach the island of Lesbos illegally to a facility near Athens, authorities said Sunday.
Election-year spread of misinformation challenges local news
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — When a Republican running for Congress in the Chicago suburbs tweeted that her Democratic opponent's town hall events were invite-only,…
Amid decline, newspapers press less for records in court
Shane Fitzgerald has pushed for public records in court to help his reporters uncover details of a destructive school fire, the police shooting of an inmate an…
Georgia 2nd state to postpone pres. primaries over virus
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's March 24 presidential primaries have been postponed until May because of fears over the new coronavirus, state election officials anno…
Idaho health officials confirm three coronavirus cases
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho health officials announced the state's first confirmed coronavirus case on Friday and said it identified its second and third cases o…
Biden wins endorsement from NEA, nation's largest union
The nation’s largest labor union has lined up behind Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, with the National Education Association on Saturday endorsing the form…
As virus roils markets, Trump again threatens Fed chairman
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday he had the power to fire or demote Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, adding new fuel to his long-r…
Trump tests negative for virus; White House begins screening
WASHINGTON (AP) — After days of resisting screening for the coronavirus, President Donald Trump tested negative for the virus, officials said Saturday night. M…
Doctor says Trump tests negative for coronavirus
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has tested negative for the new coronavirus, according to the president's personal physician.
Trump doctor says president has tested negative for novel coronavirus
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump doctor says president has tested negative for novel coronavirus.
Georgia's March 24 presidential primaries have been postponed until May because of fears over the coronavirus.
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s March 24 presidential primaries have been postponed until May because of fears over the coronavirus.