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 the Biden-Harris administration’s student loan cancelation schemes, which is a...
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 basic and advanced training for state, county, city, and...
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 in response: “This is great news that a court is blocking the President’s plan...
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 of deliberate homicide with a...
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 first quarter of 2023. Through the first quarter of 2024, Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area task...
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 deliberate homicide, criminal endangerment, criminal mischief, criminal possession of...
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 ruling, Attorney General...
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen and the Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) are reminding drivers to stay safe on the road ahead of the holiday weekend and unofficial start of summer. Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of the “100 Deadliest Days of Summer.” State...
HELENA – Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Barb Armstrong received an Honorable Mention award from the National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO) at their 31st annual TOP COPS Awards in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, May 12. Held in conjunction with National Police Week, the awards honor law...
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen joined a coalition of 20 states in filing a lawsuit Tuesday against the Biden administration’s new permitting rule that illegally mandates social, environmental, and race-based regulations for infrastructure projects. The Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) new National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rule...