Montana Attorney General Tim Fox issued the following statement Tuesday on President Trump’s nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court of the United States. “Diverse regional perspective can be a valuable characteristic in all branches of government, and President Trump’s decision to nominate a judge...
Montana Attorney General Tim Fox today announced a settlement with Colorado-based The Western Union Company, resolving a multistate investigation which focused on complaints of consumers who used Western Union’s wire transfer service to send money to third parties involved in schemes to defraud consumers. In...
Attorney General Tim Fox encourages Montanans to assess their data security with the release of a new public service announcement promoting Data Privacy Day, celebrated annually by the National Cyber Security Alliance on January 28. This year’s theme is ‘Respecting Privacy, Safeguarding Data, and Enabling...
HELENA – Attorney General Tim Fox, along with Sen. Margie MacDonald, D-Billings, and Yellowstone Co. Attorney Scott Twito, announced Thursday the introduction of a bill that would make the crime of strangulation of a partner or family member a felony offense in Montana. SB 153, sponsored by...
Attorney General Tim Fox announced today that while the number of known human trafficking cases in Montana increased between 2015 and 2016, so did the number of child and adult victims rescued during that same timeframe. The Montana Department of Justice’s Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI)...
The Montana Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of Public Instruction are working together to give Montana students the opportunity to participate in state and national poster contests which focus on the theme of “Bring Our Missing Children Home.” Megan Martin of DOJ’s Missing Person’s...
In observance of National Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Attorney General Tim Fox invites Montanans to view the “Faces of Freedom: Voices Calling for the End of Modern Day Slavery” traveling portrait exhibit when it comes to the state on January 11. Faces of Freedom raises...
The Montana Department of Justice is seeking applications for membership to the Tow Truck Complaint Resolution Committee from a representative of the commercial motor carrier industry and a representative of the Montana Highway Patrol. The Tow Truck Complaint Resolution Committee is made up of six representatives:...
The Montana Department of Justice (DOJ) is notifying the public a statewide test of the Montana AMBER Alert System has been scheduled for National AMBER Alert Day - January 13, 2017 at approximately 10:00 am. This will be an end-to-end live system test and should...
A Special Master appointed by the Supreme Court of the United States ruled Tuesday in State of Montana v. State of Wyoming that the state of Montana is entitled to specific declaration of its water compact rights, to recovery of damages in the form of...