HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen submitted a formal comment to the White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair (CEQ) demanding that it withdraw its two-year “delay” of the Trump administration's National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) modernization and reforms. Prior to the Trump administration's reforms...
HELENA - Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) Trooper Amanda Villa received the Medal of Valor, the agency's highest award, for rushing toward a burning Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation helicopter that had tipped over and helping four of its passengers to safety. MHP Colonel...
The Montana Department of Labor & Industry and Montana Department of Justice are warning residents of fraudulent text messages claiming to be from the state. The agencies are aware of at least four smishing text messages that are being sent to Unemployment Insurance Claimants and...
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen today announced appointments to the Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force. The task force’s main goals are to break down jurisdictional barriers and identify causes that contribute to missing and murdered Indigenous persons. During the 2021 legislative session, Knudsen supported...
HELENA– Montana Attorney General and 15 other state attorneys general filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Maxon v. Fuller Theological Seminary case to support religious liberty and the rights of conscience for citizens and institutions of faith...
On Tuesday, June 15th, Trooper Amanda Villa was in Broadwater County to conduct a roadblock for a nearby fire when she witnessed a Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation helicopter crash near Highway 12 east of Townsend. Trooper Villa and a Broadwater County Sheriff’s...
BILLINGS – A New Mexico man was convicted of aggravated promotion of prostitution Wednesday in Yellowstone County District Court following an investigation by the Montana Department of Justice (DOJ) Department of Criminal Investigation (DCI) that found he engaged in human trafficking and coerced a child...
HELENA - A federal judge today halted the Biden administration's moratorium on federal oil and gas leasing and drilling permits that threatened the livelihoods of rural Montana families and would have cost the state millions in lost tax revenue. The lawsuit was filed by Attorney...
Alaska and Florida join lawsuit against illegal cancelation of Keystone XL permit Total number of states suing Biden administration over Keystone now stands at 23 Recent pipeline crisis demonstrates need for more American energy infrastructure Two more state attorneys general joined the lawsuit...
HELENA – As Montanans venture out to celebrate the unofficial start to summer this weekend, Attorney General Austin Knudsen and the Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) are reminding drivers to stay safe on the road. Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of the “100 Deadliest Days of...