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.
2020 primary takeaways: Joe Biden's nomination to lose
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden's path to the Democratic presidential nomination widened significantly Tuesday with commanding victories in Mississippi, Missouri a…
Kansas City mayor runs into problems attempting to vote
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The mayor of Kansas City struggled to vote Tuesday in the Missouri presidential primary after a poll worker mistakenly transposed his first and last names while searching for him in the vote…
Virus threat: New Orleans St. Patrick's Day parade canceled
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — New Orleans officials canceled the city's St. Patrick's Day Parade and other related weekend events, in a preventative measure as the number of new coronavirus cases rose Tuesday to six in L…
Biden wins hard-fought Michigan, deals major blow to Sanders
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden decisively won Michigan’s Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday, seizing a key battleground state that helped propel Bernie Sa…
Sanders, Biden virtually tied in Washington state primary
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden were virtually tied in early statewide returns in Washington’s vote-by-ma…
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Joe Biden, Dem
AP news guide: Mississippi reps win; Espy to face Hyde-Smith
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi held party primaries Tuesday to choose nominees for a U.S. Senate seat and four congressional seats:
Donald Trump wins Republican presidential primary in Idaho
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump wins Republican presidential primary in Idaho.
Trump spurns Sessions, backs Tuberville for Alabama Senate
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday night spurned his former Attorney General Jeff Sessions to endorse former Auburn University football …
AP VoteCast: Michigan voters say health care is top issue
WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in Michigan’s Democratic primary ranked health care as the most important issue facing the country, well above climate change, the economy, race relations, foreign policy and many other soc…
Mississippi Democrats back Biden to try to bump out Trump
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden easily won Mississippi's Democratic presidential primary Tuesday, outdistancing Vermont Sen. Bernie Sande…
Virus spreads in Pennsylvania; St. Patrick's parade canceled
Pennsylvania confirmed more cases of the new coronavirus Tuesday, as more schools canceled classes, travel or events and the city of Philadelphia discouraged gatherings of more than 5,000 people, including professi…
San Francisco public corruption probe snares 2nd official
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A widening public corruption probe ensnared a second high-ranking San Francisco official Tuesday when the mayor announced she had placed the director of the building inspections department on l…
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Donald Trump (i), GOP
Biden wins Michigan primary, denying Sanders a state repeat
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A resurgent Joe Biden continued his momentum Tuesday by winning Michigan’s Democratic primary, denying Bernie Sanders’ attempt to rekindl…