October 24, 2024 HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen filed a lawsuit against social media giant TikTok today for knowingly sharing addictive and harmful content with children and teens and engaging in other deceptive practices in violation of …
October 22, 2024 HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen today issued an Attorney General’s Opinion (AGO) holding that felons placed in Warm Springs, the Montana State Hospital (MSH), for psychiatric treatment are prohibited from voting just as …
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HELENA – A Montana man linked to a previously missing Arizona teenager pleaded guilty Monday in Hill County District Court to one count of sexual abuse of children after authorities found child sexual abuse material on his cell phone last year, Attorney …
BILLINGS – Attorney General Austin Knudsen today announced the Montana Department of Justice will be providing an additional $3.5 million of funding for Montana Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs) to help communities across the state improve their response …
September 18, 2024 HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today that Montana will receive over $900,000 in a multi-state settlement, ending the outstanding damages phase of an unclaimed property dispute with Delaware. The dispute originated …
BUTTE – Montana Highway Patrol troopers in Butte recently conducted an interdiction operation from September 9 – 12 to get illicit drugs, firearms used in drug trafficking crimes, and fugitives off the streets. The operations are conducted at various times …
HELENA – The Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) commissioned three new troopers at a graduation ceremony in Helena Friday. Attorney General Austin Knudsen and MHP Colonel Kurt Sager addressed the new troopers prior to their badge pinning and taking the oath of …
September 6, 2024 BILLINGS – Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today a Montana Department of Justice program to put life-saving opioid reversal kits in middle and high schools across Montana. The program builds on Attorney General Knudsen’s mission …
September 4, 2024 HELENA – The Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) is reminding motorists to pay attention to all school bus and school zone traffic laws as students return to the classroom. By simply following the law and taking necessary precautions, motorists …
August 29, 2024 HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen launched an investigation today into the large investment firm MSCI Inc. for their alleged boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) actions against Israel. Attorney General Knudsen is …
August 26, 2024 VALLEY COUNTY – The Montana Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is investigating an officer-involved critical incident that occurred late Saturday night in Valley County. At approximately 9:19 p.m., deputies from Valley and McCone …
August 16, 2024 HELENA – The United States Supreme Court today blocked the Biden-Harris administration from enforcing its unlawful Title IX rule which puts the rights and safety of girls and young women at risk. In response, Montana Attorney General Austin …
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 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 …
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 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 …
