HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen and Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) Colonel Kurt Sager visited the MHP Communications Center today to recognize dispatchers during National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, which is April 12-18. The dispatchers at MHP’s Communications Center are [...]

HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen launched an investigation into two automotive manufacturers, Ford Motor Company and Stellantis N.V., following recent reports that personal driving data is collected and sold to third-party companies. Attorney General Knudsen is bringing the investigation under [...]

HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen today responded to the Helena City Commission’s April 1 letter regarding their repealed Resolution 21062 that would have prevented local law enforcement officers from assisting federal immigration law enforcement operations. In his response, Attorney [...]

 HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen awarded Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) Sergeant Barry Kilpela and Trooper Justin Knapp with the Award of Valor, the Patrol’s highest award for locating a wanted Nebraska fugitive, with a no-bond warrant for his arrest [...]

HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen is demanding Gallatin County Attorney Audrey Cromwell rescind her unlawful policy refusing to recognize U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as a “criminal justice agency” and share confidential criminal justice information (CCJI) with them. [...]

HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today fentanyl and most other dangerous drug seizures in Montana decreased in 2025.Most notably, last year, fentanyl seizures decreased 70 percent from 2024 and nearly 80 percent from 2023 when there was an [...]

HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led two coalitions of state attorneys general in support of American gun manufacturers New York is blaming for the state’s gun crimes. In each case, the federal protections granted to gun manufacturers that [...]

HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen released the following statement regarding the Helena City Commission rescinding its immigration resolution. “The commissioners made the right decision voting to keep the Helena community safe. This resolution should never have been passed in [...]

HELENA – Montana Attorney General led a coalition of 23-state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief today in support of a California mother who was wrongly shut out of her child’s gender identity decision by a school district, violating [...]

HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition of 24-state attorneys general in urging the Trump Administration to investigate the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), and to cancel federal grants [...]