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 vote on federal grant for pedestrian safety upgrades
Kalispell City Council is expected to vote Monday on whether to pursue a federal grant to improve pedestrian safet…
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Wolf retrenches sweeping order, amid complaints, lawsuits
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Under fire from business groups and Republican lawmakers and facing lawsuits over a broad shutdown order designed to slow the spreading …
Trump angrily defends his handling of coronavirus pandemic
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defending his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, an angry President Donald Trump on Friday lashed out at reporters and broke with his own …
Abbott postpones May 26 primary runoffs until July 14
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Gov. Greg Abbott announced Friday that he has postponed the May 26 primary runoff elections until July 14 because of the coronavirus threat.
Fate of emergency state budget plan with virus cash in doubt
PHOENIX (AP) — The fate of a rare bipartisan budget plan hammered out by the Arizona Senate will remain in doubt over the weekend after Republican House leader…
Walz not ready to order Minnesota to shelter in place yet
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz said Friday that he doesn't think it's necessary yet to follow the lead of California and some other states and order Minn…
Coronavirus cases in Arizona climb; Guard to assist stores
PHOENIX (AP) — About 200 members of the Arizona National Guard have been activated to help with food distribution, as daily life becomes increasingly restricte…
California awakes to new reality: Homebound amid outbreak
LOS ANGELES (AP) — While California awoke Friday to the reality of a near lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus, it was business as usual for Rick Curn…
Colorado governor sets economic measures amid virus outbreak
DENVER (AP) — In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, Gov. Jared Polis announced Friday an executive order to expedite state unemployment claims, defer state …
Virus cases top 500 in Louisiana, new testing sites open
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Additional testing centers for the new coronavirus ran out of the day's supply of tests within hours of opening Friday in New Orleans, one o…
Senators deny trading on virus info as scrutiny mounts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing public outrage, senators in both political parties denied Friday that they exploited advance knowledge when they dumped stocks and oth…
States still reporting surge in virus-related jobless claims
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Some states on Friday continued to report huge spikes in new claims for unemployment benefits after a week of widespread business closures as a precaution against the spread of the corona…
Army closing recruiting stations, moves effort online
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army on Friday became the first military service to announce it is shutting down all of its recruiting stations around the country in an …
Indiana's May 5 primary postponed due to coronavirus threat
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s political leaders announced Friday that they agreed to push back the state primary by nearly a month, to June 2, and to allow all…
Evers says more deaths to come in Wisconsin from coronavirus
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers warned that more people in Wisconsin will die of the coronavirus and in a continued effort to slow its spread ordered all …