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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516 of 523 precincts - 99 percent
AP VoteCast: Arizona primary marked by coronavirus concerns
WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in Arizona cast their ballots in the Democratic primary during a pandemic that has stunted travel, closed schools, forced millions of workers to stay home and canceled campaign rallies.
AP VoteCast: Florida primary marked by coronavirus concerns
WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in Florida cast their ballots in the Democratic primary during a pandemic that has stunted travel, closed schools, forced millions of workers to stay home and canceled campaign rallies.
5 primary takeaways: Joe Biden is Democrats' antidote
Joe Biden's surge toward the Democratic presidential nomination rolled on with a dominating victory in Florida, the largest delegate prize in Tuesday's primari…
Little OKs bill targeting predatory medical debt collectors
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Tuesday signed into law a bill creating transparency in medical bills sent to former patients and to rein in predatory medical debt collectors.
Amid virus, Congress' leaders resist call for remote voting
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders are resisting calls to let lawmakers vote remotely, a dispute pitting the scourge of the coronavirus against two centur…
AP PHOTOS: Virus redefines respecting personal space
ROME (AP) — Social distancing could qualify as an oxymoron in Italy, where walking arm-in-arm with friends, kissing neighbors in greeting and patting the heads…
Wisconsin lawmakers ask for emergency medical supplies
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Seven members of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation on Wednesday said the state was running “critically low” on needed medical equipment to combat the spread of the virus and asked the federa…
White House postpones Spain state visit, cites coronavirus
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is postponing an upcoming state visit by Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump asks lawmakers for $46B more to battle coronavirus
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has sent lawmakers a $46 billion emergency funding request to help the government fight the coronavirus and to reverse…
Balkans fights virus amid lack of doctors, medical supplies
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The main Serbian hospital treating patients infected with coronavirus looks like an abandoned building, but it isn’t.
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Joe Biden, Dem
Politics in time of coronavirus: Arizona quietly picks Biden
PHOENIX (AP) — The candidates canceled their rallies and stopped door-to-door outreach to voters. Then the debate that was supposed to highlight Arizona’s emer…
A look at Illinois' primary, from high court to U.S. Senate
CHICAGO (AP) — Voters across the state on Tuesday decided competitive primary races for the U.S. House and Illinois Supreme Court as concerns about the coronav…
Progressive Newman ousts Rep. Lipinski in Illinois primary
CHICAGO (AP) — Progressive Marie Newman won a rematch Tuesday with Illinois Rep. Dan Lipinski, unseating one of the most conservative Democrats in Congress in …