HELENA – A Missoula man serving a life sentence in state prison for a 2017 double murder, in which he tried to dissolve victims in acid after fatally stabbing them, admitted to an attack on correctional officials that left one [...]

HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen joined 22 other state attorneys general in urging U.S. Senate leadership to pass the HALT Fentanyl Act immediately, he announced today. The legislation would permanently schedule all current and future fentanyl analogues as [...]

HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen joined 17 other state attorneys general in suing the Biden administration over its attempt to redefine some illegal border crossings as “lawful pathways” into the country, he announced today. The new proposed border [...]

HELENA – A Miles City man pleaded guilty today in Custer County District Court to one count of sexual intercourse without consent with a child under the age of 12, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced. In exchange for his guilty [...]

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition of 21 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of two Florida parents who were stripped of their fundamental and longstanding right to direct the upbringing and care of [...]

HELENA – A West Yellowstone woman pleaded guilty today in Gallatin County District Court to deliberate homicide, felony child criminal endangerment, and felony tampering with witnesses and information following the death of her grandson, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced. The [...]

HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen and the Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) are reminding drivers to stay safe on the road this Memorial Day Weekend. Throughout the summer, state troopers will increase their presence on Montana roads and highways, cracking [...]

HELENA – A Deer Lodge man was found guilty today for sexually assaulting a minor in Powell County District Court, Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced. The jury unanimously convicted Charles Michael Byrne, 51, of three counts of sexual intercourse [...]

HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen and 22 other state attorneys general filed a brief this week supporting the State of Florida’s lawsuit against the Biden Administration’s unlawful immigration policy of releasing illegal border crossers into the country instead [...]

HELENA – Attorney General Knudsen and nearly 50 attorneys general from across the country filed a lawsuit against a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) company that helped facilitate more than 20 million spam robocalls to Montana phone numbers between December [...]