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…
Maricopa County seeks to fire high-profile prosecutor
PHOENIX (AP) — The office of the Maricopa county attorney is seeking to fire a homicide prosecutor who won convictions in the Jodi Arias murder case and other notorious killings in Phoenix after he allegedly retali…
Arizona coronavirus cases grow slightly; total now at 12
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona has three more cases of the coronavirus, raising the state's total to 12 and including the first in rural Graham County where a town's school district had already shut down before test result…
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows:
Hawaii County advances $103M bond issue for road projects
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — Multiple road construction projects in Hawaii could start sooner under a $103 million bond measure advanced by a county council committee.
Hilcorp to keep finances private amid Alaska oil assets deal
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A request by Hilcorp Energy Company was granted to keep its finances private during a $5.6 billion deal to buy BP Alaska's pipeline assets, a regulatory agency said.
Trump's latest travel ban highlights gaps in containment net
NEW YORK (AP) — In the weeks before President Donald Trump spoke from the Oval Office to announce restrictions on travelers from more than two dozen countries …
Democrats see a road map for November in Michigan results
Joe Biden's decisive victory in Michigan’s presidential primary offers what some Democrats hope will be the road map for success in November — a high turnout p…
Straight-talking Fauci explains outbreak to a worried nation
WASHINGTON (AP) — If Dr. Anthony Fauci says it, you'd be smart to listen. As the coronavirus has upended daily life across the globe, Fauci has become the trus…
AP sources: Travel ban to extend to United Kingdom, Ireland
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is expected to announce that the U.S. will broaden its European travel ban, adding the United Kingdom and Ireland to its list.
AP sources: US to broaden European coronavirus travel ban, adding United Kingdom, Ireland to list
WASHINGTON (AP) — AP sources: US to broaden European coronavirus travel ban, adding United Kingdom, Ireland to list.
White House now conducting temperature checks on anyone in close contact with Trump, Pence
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House now conducting temperature checks on anyone in close contact with Trump, Pence.
Trump disbanded NSC pandemic unit that experts had praised
WASHINGTON (AP) — Public health and national security experts shake their heads when President Donald Trump says the coronavirus "came out of nowhere" and “bli…
Sheriffs sue Illinois over law on immigrant prisoners
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A group of sheriffs is suing Illinois to halt a 2017 law that bans police from detaining people based on their immigration status without a court-ordered warrant.
Native American judge blazes trail in federal courts
There are 870 federal judges in the United States. Two are Native American: one in Arizona, and one in the Eastern District Court of Oklahoma. No American Indi…
Slovakia's election winner to form 4-party government
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — The chairman of the winning party in Slovakia's parliamentary election told the country’s president Saturday that he has agreed to …