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…
Ex-Scottish leader begins defense against sex crimes claims
LONDON (AP) — Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond denounced some of the sex-crimes charges against him as “deliberate fabrications for a political purp…
China says it will revoke credentials of Americans at three US newspapers in response to new US curbs on Chinese media
BEIJING (AP) — China says it will revoke credentials of Americans at three US newspapers in response to new US curbs on Chinese media.
Mnuchin: Federal government intends to keep financial markets open, shorter hours may be necessary
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mnuchin: Federal government intends to keep financial markets open, shorter hours may be necessary.
US virus reaction? Some go on lockdown, some go to the beach
Nearly 7 million people in the San Francisco area were all but confined to their homes Tuesday in the nation's most sweeping lockdown against the coronavirus, …
Senate Majority Leader McConnell says Senate will not adjourn until it acts on major coronavirus package to help economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader McConnell says Senate will not adjourn until it acts on major coronavirus package to help economy.
Manchin endorses Salango for West Virginia governor
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin has endorsed Democrat Ben Salango for governor of West Virginia, the candidate said Tuesday.
Hawaii Senate passes bill to ban foreigner home purchases
HONOLULU (AP) — A bill to prohibit foreigners from buying some homes in Hawaii was endorsed by state senators in an effort to make housing more affordable for local residents.
AP sources: White House to propose roughly $850 billion emergency economic stimulus to address virus threat
WASHINGTON (AP) — AP sources: White House to propose roughly $850 billion emergency economic stimulus to address virus threat.
Senate votes to extend, not tweak, 3 surveillance powers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate has voted to extend, rather than tweak, three surveillance powers that federal law enforcement officials use to fight terrori…
5 questions heading into Tuesday's Democratic primaries
Four states had been scheduled to hold Democratic presidential primaries on Tuesday amid a global outbreak of the novel coronavirus, but leaders in Ohio called…
Ohio health chief to order polls closed amid coronavirus
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's top health official will order the polls closed over concerns about the coronavirus, hours before voters were supposed begin casti…
Louisiana to close bars, limit eateries; virus deaths at 3
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An 84-year-old New Orleans man has become the third person in Louisiana to die from the new coronavirus, Gov. John Bel Edwards announce…
AP Deleg Count-GOP Regions, 4th Add,400
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Mathys says he has signatures for ballot in US House race
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A Las Cruces businessman says he has collected enough signatures to qualify to be placed on the ballot in a crucial U.S. House race in southern New Mexico days after failing to obtain enoug…
Government issues historic restrictions amid virus outbreak
The United States implemented dramatic new restrictions on Americans going out in public and 7 million people in the San Francisco area were put on a near-tota…