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 Council reviews $189M budget proposal, weighs public safety and infrastructure spending
Kalispell City Council took its first look at the municipality’s proposed fiscal year 2027 budget last week.
Trump announces delay of tax deadline for virus victims
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday night that he will instruct the Treasury Department to allow individuals and businesses negatively…
Proposal fails on path forcing out Indiana attorney general
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Negotiations fell apart among Republican legislators Wednesday on a proposal that could have forced Indiana’s attorney general from office …
Utah House passes bill to give candidates voter information
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah House lawmakers passed legislation giving political candidates greater access to voter registration information.
State Department advises all US citizens to 'reconsider travel abroad' due to virus pandemic
WASHINGTON (AP) — State Department advises all US citizens to 'reconsider travel abroad' due to virus pandemic.
'Tough measures': Text of Trump's address on coronavirus
Text of President Donald Trump's national address Wednesday night on the new coronavirus, as provided by the White House.
US report finds widespread forced Uighur labor in China
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. lawmakers pushed Wednesday for a ban on imports from a vast area of northwestern China because of the widespread use of forced labor in …
Mississippi reports 1st case of coronavirus
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi health officials Wednesday announced that the state had its first presumptive positive case of coronavirus as organizers in Jackson announced that they were canceling an upcoming p…
DC mayor declares state of emergency as virus cases rise
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a state of emergency Wednesday as the number of identified coronavirus cases in the nation's c…
White House: Trump cancels planned travel to Colorado, Nevada 'out of an abundance of caution' amid virus outbreak
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House: Trump cancels planned travel to Colorado, Nevada 'out of an abundance of caution' amid virus outbreak.
Sanders isn't dropping out, but where does he go from here?
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Bernie Sanders is vowing to press ahead with his presidential campaign at least long enough to debate Joe Biden this weekend, even while…
Issa advances to runoff in California House race
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, a relentless critic of President Barack Obama who retired from his increasingly Democratic district two years a…
'Very much alive': Biden victorious in 4 more primary states
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden decisively won Michigan’s Democratic presidential primary, seizing a key battleground state that helped propel Bernie Sanders’ insu…
Trump says US will suspend all travel from Europe, excluding UK, starting Friday for 30 days amid virus outbreak
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says US will suspend all travel from Europe, excluding UK, starting Friday for 30 days amid virus outbreak.
Savannah St. Pat's parade scrapped amid virus concerns
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Savannah called off its St. Patrick's Day parade for the first time in nearly a century, bowing Wednesday to the coronavirus outbreak as G…
5 Phoenix-area polling places moved because of coronavirus
PHOENIX (AP) — Five Phoenix-area polling places for next week's Arizona presidential primary will be moved from senior living facilities to other locations to protect vulnerable residents from potential exposure to…