Montana Attorney General Tim Fox today urged the U.S. Senate to enact the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act, legislation to curb illegal robocalls and spoofing. A coalition of 54 attorneys general sent a letter to the U. S. Senate Committee on...
The Montana Highway Patrol commissioned nine new troopers today at the 65th Advanced Academy Graduation ceremony. Chief Deputy Attorney General Jon Bennion addressed the graduates at the event, which took place at the Great Northern Hotel in Helena. In his remarks, Chief Deputy Attorney General Bennion...
Montana and 21 other states are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to accept a case challenging Alabama’s ban on dismemberment abortions. Yesterday, the coalition filed an amicus curiae brief in the case of Marshall v. West Alabama Women’s Center. In August 2018, the 11th Circuit Court...
As part of his ongoing efforts to end human trafficking in Montana, Attorney General Tim Fox introduced a Continuing Education (CE) training at St. Peter’s Health Regional Medical Center in Helena today. The CE was presented by The America Unchained Project, a human trafficking awareness...
Attorney General Tim Fox today joined a friend-of-the-court brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider Chevron deference, the doctrine that requires federal courts to defer to agency interpretations of statutes. Attorney General Fox urged the high court to review the D.C. Circuit’s decision in...
The Montana Department of Justice seeks applications for membership to the Tow Truck Complaint Resolution Committee from: • A representative of the tow truck industry from western Montana; • A representative of the insurance industry; and • A representative of the public-at-large. The Tow Truck Complaint Resolution Committee consists...
For-profit education company Career Education Corporation (CEC) has agreed to reform its recruiting and enrollment practices and forgo collecting about $493.7 million in debts owed by 179,529 students nationally, in a settlement with Montana Attorney General Tim Fox and 48 other attorneys general. The Assurance of...
A national non-profit has again ranked Montana as one of the top states in the country for its efforts to prevent child sex trafficking. Shared Hope International recently released its annual state report cards, and graded Montana at an “A,” citing its continued commitment to laws...
AG Fox applauds replacement of flawed 2015 rule blocked by courts This morning the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers proposed a new Waters of the U.S. rule that brings certainty and consistency to how waters are defined in the federal Clean...
At a ceremony this morning, the Montana Law Enforcement Academy (MLEA) graduated 55 new officers who will serve various agencies across the state. The Academy is operated by the Montana Department of Justice; it provides basic and advanced training for state, county, city and tribal...