HELENA – The state Department of Justice’s Office of Consumer Protection (OCP) will be sending restitution checks totaling $96,258 to more than 350 people who were deceived by operators of an alleged tech support scheme. The money was relinquished by a Butte man who assisted...
HELENA - The Montana Highway Patrol commissioned 10 new troopers today at a graduation ceremony held at the Civic Center in Helena. Attorney General Austin Knudsen and Colonel Steve Lavin addressed the cadets prior to having their badges pinned and taking the oath of office. The new troopers were among 344...
HELENA - Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, along with Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and a coalition of 22 other states, is alerting the Chief Executive Officers of three major credit card companies that the recent creation of a Merchant Category Code for the processing...
HELENA — In response to increased demand and to further support customers in Madison County, Montana’s Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) will offer a weeklong mobile licensing event beginning September 26 in Ennis in the Madison Foods parking lot. The mobile unit offers service on a first...
HELENA — Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen and a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general today called on President Biden to classify fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction. The 18 attorneys general demanded the president take decisive action in response to the record nationwide increase...
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Knudsen called on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to postpone for a month its hasty decision to cut in half the flow rates out of Fort Peck Dam and protect the northeast Montana sugar beet harvest. In a letter...
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a 17-state coalition against the Biden administration’s attempt to redefine the concept of biological sex to include “gender identity” and weaken the protections women have received from Title IX for the last fifty years. Attorney General Knudsen...
HELENA – A Montana State Prison employee who helped inmates transfer drugs to each other was sentenced to five years after pleading guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit transferring illegal articles. Three inmates were also sentenced for their roles. Prosecutor Patrick Moody in the Montana...
BOZEMAN — In response to increased demand and to further support customers in the Bozeman area, Montana’s Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) will offer a week-long mobile licensing event at the Gallatin County Fairgrounds Monday, Sept. 12 through Friday, Sept. 16. The Mobile Unit offers service on...
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen today announced that Montana will receive at least $6.1 million under an agreement in principle between JUUL Labs resolving a multi-state investigation into the e-cigarette manufacturer’s marketing and sales practices. In addition to the financial terms, the settlement would force...