Montana Attorney General Tim Fox and 18 other states are defending the right of states to prohibit abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, a crucial argument to protect the lives of unborn children and safeguard similar laws across the nation. The coalition’s brief leans upon a...
Attorney General Tim Fox today announced the completion of Montana’s Sexual Assault Kit Tracking System. The system, which launches September 1, will be used by sex assault survivors, health care professionals, and law enforcement agencies statewide. The Montana Department of Justice designed the Sexual Assault Kit...
The Montana Department of Justice announced today the availability of $24,000 in Chrome for Kids Wish Fund grants. These funds are made available through a special Chrome for Kids motorcycle license plate used to fund efforts by Montana-based nonprofit corporations which grant wishes to chronically...
Attorney General Tim Fox today announced that as a result of a bipartisan, public/private coalition of all state attorneys general and 12 phone companies, eight principles have been adopted to fight illegal robocalls nationwide. “This agreement will help protect consumers from illegal robocalls and make it...
Attorney General Tim Fox joined a bipartisan coalition of 43 attorneys general in urging the streaming industry to limit tobacco use in their video content. Due to the growing use of tobacco products among teens, the attorneys general urge the streaming industry to take proactive...
Attorney General Fox sent a letter today to Congressional leadership in both chambers, asking for the removal of federal barriers preventing health care providers from offering treatment for opioid use disorder. The letter was signed by 39 attorneys general. Opioid use disorder is the physical and...
Attorney General Tim Fox joined a 16-state alliance urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review, and ultimately overturn, a ruling that halted construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a decision that could unnecessarily block pipeline construction and impede economic growth nationwide. The coalition’s brief, filed Monday,...
Attorney General Tim Fox and 49 other attorneys general announced an historic $600 million settlement today with Equifax concerning its 2017 data breach affecting over 147 million Americans – more than half of the U.S. population. That number includes an estimated 380,441 Montanans. "Today’s announcement marks...
The Montana Department of Justice's Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) received five awards from the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) for the Montana REAL ID public information campaign and website, mtrealid.gov. The awards were presented at AAMVA’s Region 4 conference to MVD Administrator Sarah Garcia...
Attorney General Tim Fox announced today that Montana and North Dakota petitioned the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration seeking to overturn a new Washington state law that that effectively prohibits Bakken crude oil. The petition argues that Washington’s new law is...