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.
Trump administration cancels rule that made conservation a 'use' of public lands
The Interior Department is canceling a rule that put conservation on equal footing with development, as President …
AP Deleg Count-GOP States, 1st Add,400
Comley +- De La Fuent +- Ely +- Horn +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 5th Add,400
Harris +- Hewes +- Koos +- Kraus +-
AP Deleg Count-GOP States, 5th Add,400
Total Write +-
AP Deleg Count-GOP States, 4th Add,400
Uncommitted +- Walsh +- No Preferen +- Others +-
Biden in Mississippi, Sanders in Michigan before primaries
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden worshiped at a predominantly African American church in Mississippi two days before the state…
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 8th Add,400
Uncommitted +- Wells +- Williamson +- Yang +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 3rd Add,400
Burke +- Castro +- De La Fuent +- Delaney +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 10 Takes,450
State Biden +- Sanders +- Warren +- Bloomberg +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 1st Add,400
Buttigieg +- Klobuchar +- Gabbard +- Bennet +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 4th Add,400
Dunlap +- Ellinger +- Gleiberman +- Greenstein +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 2nd Add,400
Bloxham +- Booker +- Boyd +- Bullock +-
Juul Labs sought to court AGs as teen vaping surged
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was a blunt warning about the dangers of youth vaping: Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced late last month that his state had jo…
Despite virus risk, 2020 hopefuls keep up campaigns for now
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — As the coronavirus hits more states, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said Sunday his campaign is gauging when it ma…
Albuquerque Route 66 section sees fatal pedestrian crashes
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Nearly one in five fatal pedestrian crashes in New Mexico's largest city last year occurred in a dimly lighted and highly congested section of historic Route 66 — an area plagued by poverty.
Italy quarantines north in drastic bid to slow virus spread
ROME (AP) — Italy took a page from China’s playbook Sunday, attempting to lock down 16 million people — more than a quarter of its population — for nearly a mo…