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 moves forward on housing board, development standards along Parkline trail
City councilors narrowly agreed to move forward Monday on two housing-related initiatives championed by Kalispell …
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The Latest: Warren cheers Latina janitors who won higher pay
WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest on the 2020 presidential election (all times local):
Woman accuser comes forward; Kavanaugh denies charge 'unequivocally'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh said Monday he was willing to speak to the Senate Judiciary Committee to “refute” the charge that he se…
PHOTO GALLERY: President Trump campaigns in Billings
President Donald Trump held a rally in Billings on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018
At Billings rally, Trump lauds Kavanaugh, blasts Tester
BILLINGS — President Donald Trump praised Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s progress in winning confirmation to the Supreme Court on Thursday, decrying the “anger and th…
Rosendale hears veterans' concerns in Kalispell tour stop
U.S. Senate candidate Matt Rosendale met with veterans in Kalispell on Thursday to discuss issues ranging from VA case backlogs and apathy at VA facilities to …
Daines, Tester weigh in on ag tariffs
Both of Montana’s U.S. senators lamented the impact of escalating tariffs on Montana’s agricultural economy Thursday. But while Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., exp…
Putin says he wanted Trump to win in 2016, didn't interfere
HELSINKI (AP) — Russia's Vladimir Putin said Monday he did want Donald Trump to win the 2016 U.S. presidential election but took no action during the campaign …
12 Russians accused of hacking Democrats in 2016 US election
WASHINGTON (AP) — Twelve Russian intelligence officers hacked into the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton presidential campaign in the run-up to the…
Trump pardons ranchers in case that inspired 2016 occupation
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pardoned two ranchers whose case sparked the armed occupation of a national wildlife refuge in Oregon.
Scandal-plagued EPA Administrator Pruitt resigns
WASHINGTON (AP) — Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned Thursday amid ethics investigations of outsized security spending, first-…
Trump urges Tester's ouster at rally for Montana Republican
GREAT FALLS, (AP) — President Donald Trump declared it was “time to retire” U.S. Sen Jon Tester on Thursday as he campaigned in Montana against the lawmaker he…
Justice Kennedy retiring; Trump gets 2nd Supreme Court pick
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement Wednesday, giving President Donald Trump the chance to cement conservative con…
Supreme Court deals big setback to labor unions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that government workers can’t be forced to contribute to labor unions that represent them in collective bar…
Daines, Tester tout work on farm bill proposal
U.S. Sen. Steve Daines hopes one of his amendments to the Senate’s proposed farm bill will create economic growth in the sagging timber industry in Northwest M…