Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Wade Palmer retired today after an eight-year career. Critically injured in the line of duty in March 2019, Palmer received a medical retirement from the agency. Palmer, accompanied by his wife and children, received a final sendoff from friends and coworkers at...
Montana Attorney General Tim Fox issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court issued two rulings protecting religious freedom: "Today’s rulings are victories for one of our most fundamental civil rights: the free exercise of religion. On behalf of the state of Montana, I filed...
AG Fox warned Department of Revenue about tax credit rule’s unconstitutionality in 2015 A ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court today says that Montana’s 2015 school tax credit legislation cannot exclude private religious schools. In 2015, Montana’s legislature and governor enacted a bill providing a tax credit...
"Recent calls by some misguided individuals to defund law enforcement agencies in the wake of the George Floyd tragedy are not only reckless overreactions to a serious situation, but are an insult to the thousands of good law enforcement officers across our country who put...
Montana Attorney General Tim Fox joined a 23-state effort this week to protect Montana property owners, farmers, and energy producers against an attempt to re-institute a disastrous Obama-era water rule. The state attorneys general are asking a federal district judge to uphold the Trump Administration’s Navigable...
Montana Attorney General Tim Fox applauded today's court ruling dismissing a lawsuit against coal leases on federal lands. "I am pleased that the court dismissed this ideologically driven lawsuit," Fox said. "With 25% of the nation’s coal reserves sitting in our ground, Montana must ensure our...
Attorney General Tim Fox issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Transportation stopped Washington state's attempt to block crude oil shipments: "The federal government rightly halted Washington state's illegal attempt to dictate what commodities other states can transport to market. This is a victory...
Montana Attorney General Tim Fox issued the following statement after a District Court declined to allow online signature gathering for two marijuana legalization ballot measures: “The District Court’s order is a victory for the rule of law and Montana’s constitution. I am pleased with the ruling...
Federal government expands program after push by AG Fox The U.S. Treasury Department and Small Business Administration (SBA) have expanded the Paycheck Protection Program to include all gambling establishments. Initially, establishments that received more than one-third of their revenue from gambling were ineligible. The federal government...
Montana Attorney General Tim Fox is urging the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to modify hastily adopted rules that excluded more than 1,000 Montana small businesses from relief under the Paycheck Protection Program in the recently enacted federal CARES Act. Fox, whose agency regulates legal gambling...