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…
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 3rd Add,400
Burke +- Castro +- De La Fuent +- Delaney +-
AP Deleg Count-GOP States, 2nd Add,400
Istvan +- Kraft +- Locke +- Matern +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 8th Add,400
Steyer +- Thistle +- Torgesen +- Uncommitted +-
How the coronavirus is upending American politics
WASHINGTON (AP) — The most elemental act of American democracy — voting — will be tested Tuesday as four states set to hold presidential primaries confront the…
Feds dropping case for 2 Russian companies in troll probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is moving to drop charges against two Russian companies that were accused of funding a social media campaign to sway A…
Judge rejects bid to delay special election in Philly suburb
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A judge late Monday night rejected an attempt to delay a special election to fill a vacant seat in Pennsylvania's House of Representatives from Bucks County over concerns that it would risk p…
Ohio health chief to order polls closed hours before the state was to hold its presidential primary, citing coronavirus
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio health chief to order polls closed hours before the state was to hold its presidential primary, citing coronavirus.
Inmates: Arizona lacks adequate coronavirus plan in prisons
PHOENIX (AP) — Attorneys representing the 34,000 inmates in Arizona’s prisons asked a judge Monday to order the state to develop an adequate plan for confronti…
DC closes gyms, theaters, orders takeout only in restaurants
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington, D.C., is shutting down all movie theaters and gyms, and ordering restaurants and bars to serve only takeout, as the nation's capi…
As Congress eyes economic package, Democrats seek $750B
WASHINGTON (AP) — With an urgency unseen since the Great Recession, Congress is rushing to develop a sweeping economic lifeline for American households and bus…
Kansas lawmakers rush to finish budget, transportation plan
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators rushed Monday to draft a plan for funding state government after June, launch a new state transportation program and wra…
California Legislature OKs $1 billion for coronavirus
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Legislature approved up to $1 billion in new spending to combat the coronavirus outbreak, a Monday vote taken without …
US tells older people to stay home, all ages to avoid crowds
WASHINGTON (AP) — Racing to stall an expected surge of coronavirus cases, the White House on Monday released a series of sweeping guidelines that for the next …
Arkansas virus cases up to 22; Little Rock to impose curfew
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas' largest city is imposing more restrictions, including a curfew, in an effort to curb the spread of the new coronavirus as the number infections in the state continues to rise.
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 6th Add,400
Kraus +- Krichevsky +- Moroz +- Patrick +-