HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a 23-state coalition of attorneys general urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to cancel grants to the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) which has been funding climate advocacy trainings for judges across [...]

HELENA – Prosecutors in the Montana Attorney General’s Office Thursday charged a Carter County man with three felony counts of sexual abuse of children (CSAM) for possession of explicit images and videos that depict a child under the age of [...]

HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a 22-state coalition that filed a brief in support of parental rights and in opposition to a Massachusetts school district’s policy that allows the “social transitioning” of children without parental consent, stripping [...]

HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following statement on National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day, warning Montanans of the dangers of illicit fentanyl: “So far this year, fentanyl seizures in Montana are down and that’s great news. We [...]

HELENA – The Montana Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) today launched Montana Mobile IDs, which allow Montanans to carry a digital version of their driver license or state-issued ID securely on their iPhone, Apple Watch, and Android devices, providing increased convenience, [...]

HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen today announced the reappointment of Scott Aspenlieder and Garret McFarland to the Gaming Advisory Council (GAC). Aspenlieder, of Billings, was first appointed to the GAC in 2021 and is the current chair. He serves [...]

ANACONDA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen received a briefing and updated the public today in Anaconda regarding the Friday shooting and ongoing search for the suspect. On Friday around 10:30 a.m., 45-year-old Michael Brown walked into The Owl Bar [...]

HELENA – Sixty-six new officers who will serve in 35 agencies across the state graduated today from the Montana Law Enforcement Academy (MLEA) within the Montana Department of Justice. MLEA provides basic and advanced training for state, county, city, and [...]

HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today that Montana will receive $2.5 million from in a settlement with eight opioid drug makers to resolve their roles in the nation’s opioid epidemic. Montana will receive $2.5 million of the total [...]

HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a 23-state coalition in support of a parent who was stripped of his longstanding fundamental right to direct his daughter’s upbringing when school officials in Delaware withheld information on his child’s gender [...]