HELENA – As states continue to address the epidemic of heroin and opioid-based painkiller abuse and addiction and its devastating effect on public health and safety in communities, attorneys general from 37 states plus the District of Columbia today sent a letter to the leadership...
“I had the honor and privilege of working with Jean Turnage 28 years ago at the beginning of my legal career when I clerked for the Montana Supreme Court during his tenure as chief justice. Chief Justice Turnage epitomized the best of Montana’s public servants...
On Saturday, September 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Montana Department of Justice, local law enforcement agencies and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public its tenth opportunity in five years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes...
The Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) announces it is currently accepting applications for ten new Troopers to begin training in April 2016. MHP is the traffic law enforcement division of the Montana Department of Justice and is responsible for the enforcement of motor vehicle and highway...
Montana Attorney General Tim Fox applauded today’s announcement that the U.S. Department of the Interior will not impose new federal regulations on sage grouse habitat under the Endangered Species Act, but expressed concerns over the concurrent approval of three land-use plans that impose significant restrictions...
The Montana Law Enforcement Academy (MLEA) and Missoula College-University of Montana today announced a joint partnership that will allow officers graduating from basic training to earn 18 college credits that directly transfer to Missoula College. “We’re excited about this unique partnership between our Academy’s Law Enforcement...
This afternoon in Missoula, Attorney General Tim Fox awarded 13 Montana pharmacies grants of $2,000 each for the implementation or continuation of prescription drug take-back programs through the Montana Pharmacy Safe Medication Disposal Initiative. This initiative was announced July 30 and is meant to...
Today, the Montana Department of Justice announced the availability of $44,850 in Chrome for Kids Wish Fund grants. These funds are made available through a special Chrome for Kids motorcycle license plate that is used to fund efforts by Montana-based nonprofit corporations which grant wishes...
Montana Attorney General Tim Fox announced today that Montana joined with 24 other states recently in a brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court which requests a review of the constitutionality of an Illinois municipal ban that limits an individual’s Second Amendment right to bear...
Office accepting public comments until October 3 This week, CMC Missoula, Inc. (CMC) submitted a new proposal to the Attorney General’s Office for using the approximately $74 million in charitable assets produced as a result of Billings Clinic and RegionalCare Hospital Partners (RCHP/Billings) acquisition of the...