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…
Celebrities get virus tests, raising concerns of inequality
WASHINGTON (AP) — Celebrities, politicians and professional athletes faced a backlash this week as many revealed that they had been tested for the coronavirus,…
Surgeon general's TV praise of Trump earns his 'star' label
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. surgeon general caught the eye of Donald Trump in a tried-and-true way: praising the 45th president on television.
Cheyenne airport canceling commercial flights amid virus
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The airport serving Cheyenne will cancel all regular commercial flights starting in April because of concerns about the coronavirus and the air travel demand decrease, and city officials on Th…
Virus poses a test: Can fractured Washington still 'go big'?
WASHINGTON (AP) — The fast-moving coronavirus upending every facet of American life is testing whether Washington, a capital city fractured by years of bitter …
Republican commissioner to run for Senate as Libertarian
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Lewis and Clark County Commission Chair Susan Geise has announced she will run for the U.S. Senate race as a Libertarian Party candidate after serving as a Republican because of differences wit…
As virus spreads, VA gets set to back up taxed US hospitals
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs is bracing for a potential surge of 1 million veterans infected by coronavirus and at the same time is pre…
Gabbard ends long-shot 2020 bid, throws support to Biden
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard suspended her presidential campaign on Thursday, ending a long-shot effort that saw her feuding with Hillary Cl…
Coronavirus layoffs spark surge in state jobless claims
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — In Ohio, more than 48,000 people applied for jobless benefits during the first two days of this week. The tally during the same peri…
EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has coronavirus
BRUSSELS (AP) — Michel Barnier, the European Union's chief negotiator for the bloc's future relationship with Britain after Brexit, has been infected with the …
State Department: Navy vet Michael White released from Iran prison on medical furlough amid coronavirus concerns
WASHINGTON (AP) — State Department: Navy vet Michael White released from Iran prison on medical furlough amid coronavirus concerns.
UK government slammed for failing its Windrush immigrants
LONDON (AP) — An independent report sharply criticized Britain's Conservative government on Thursday for the way it treated long-term U.K. residents who were w…
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen says US citizen freed from Lebanon, where he had faced decades-old murder, torture charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Jeanne Shaheen says US citizen freed from Lebanon, where he had faced decades-old murder, torture charges.
Correction: Virus Outbreak-Kansas-Pushback story
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — In a March 19 story about a Kansas legislative resolution extending a state of emergency over the coronavirus, The Associated Press erroneo…
US pauses Afghanistan deployments, isolates arrivals there
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military is pausing the movement of any new troops into Afghanistan and is quarantining 1,500 troops and civilians who recently arri…
AP-NORC poll: Fear of virus infection spikes among Americans
CHICAGO (AP) — Concern among Americans that they or a loved one will be infected by the coronavirus rose dramatically in the past month, with two-thirds of the…