August 8, 2024 HELENA — Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen joined a coalition of attorneys general Wednesday in urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement a new rule that would create uniform labeling requirements on pesticide …
August 5, 2024 HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition of 21 attorneys general in asking the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to uphold the national TikTok divest-or-ban legislation passed by Congress …
July 25, 2024 HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen filed a formal complaint today with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) against Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona for using government resources for political activities while touting …
July 3, 2024 HELENA – A federal court today granted Attorney General Austin Knudsen’s request to block the Biden administration’s radical new rule that would hold funding hostage if states and healthcare providers refuse to provide or pay for dangerous and …
July 3, 2024 RED LODGE — In response to increased demand and to further support customers in Carbon County, Montana’s Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) will offer a mobile licensing event in the parking lot of the Veterans Memorial Civic Center at 215 14th St W …
June 28, 2024 HELENA – The U.S. Supreme Court today reversed a lower court’s decision that prohibited states and local governments from enforcing laws that prevent public spaces from becoming homeless encampments. In response to the Johnson v. City of …
June 25, 2024 HELENA – A federal judge in Kansas today granted Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen’s request to block the Biden administration’s unconstitutional student loan forgiveness scheme. Attorney General Knudsen released the following statement …
June 25, 2024 HELENA – Sixty-one new officers who will serve in 39 agencies across the state graduated today from the Montana Law Enforcement Academy (MLEA) within the Montana Department of Justice, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced. MLEA provides …
June 20, 2024 HELENA – The Montana Department of Justice’s Office of Consumer Protection (OCP) is receiving reports of fraudsters, posing as law enforcement, attempting to scam unsuspecting Montanans out of thousands of dollars by calling individuals …
June 19, 2024 GREAT FALLS – Attorney General Austin Knudsen today announced appointments to the Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force. The task force’s main goals are to break down jurisdictional barriers and identify causes that contribute to …
June 18, 2024 HELENA – A Three Forks man was sentenced in Gallatin County District Court Monday to 110 years in Montana State Prison for murdering a man in 2022, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced. Zachary Eugene Norman, 26, was found guilty in May …
June 17, 2024 HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today anti-drug task forces in Montana seized 150 percent more fentanyl in the first quarter of 2024 than during the same time last year. Through the first quarter of 2024, Rocky …
June 13, 2024 HELENA – The United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana granted today Attorney General Knudsen’s request for a preliminary injunction against the Biden administration’s unlawful Title IX rule which puts the rights and …
June 13, 2024 CUT BANK – The Cut Bank Police Department today identified the officer and suspect involved in the officer-involved critical incident Saturday, June 8 in Cut Bank. Cut Bank Police Officer Jesse Adame, a five-year veteran of the Department, …
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today that Montana will receive over $3.5 million in a multi-state settlement with Johnson & Johnson to resolve allegations the company manufactured, marketed and knowingly sold baby powder tainted …
June 11, 2024 HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Biden administration’s radical new rule that will hold funding hostage if states and healthcare providers refuse to provide or pay for dangerous and …
June 10, 2024 HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen joined a coalition of 14 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against the Biden administration’s unlawful rule taking regulatory authority over surface coal mining away from the states and …
June 8, 2024 CUT BANK – The Montana Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is investigating an officer-involved critical incident in Cut Bank that occurred early Saturday morning in the Pioneer Bar parking lot at 13 N. Central Avenue. At approximately 1: …
June 5, 2024 HELENA– Jason Allen Miller was sentenced to life without parole for running over and seriously injuring Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Lewis Johnson in February 2023. In April, Miller was found guilty on all counts including attempted …
May 30, 2024 HELENA – The Supreme Court ruled in favor today of the National Rifle Association (NRA), in its case against a New York state official who trampled on the organization’s First Amendment right to free speech. In response to the NRA v. Vullo …
