BOZEMAN – Over 100 law enforcement officials, criminal prosecutors, advocacy groups, public health officials, and private industry leaders joined Attorney General Austin Knudsen today in Bozeman to discuss efforts and effective strategies to combat human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation in Montana. Today’s event was the fourth anti-human trafficking symposium Attorney General Knudsen has hosted… Read More

HELENA — Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, along with 23 other attorneys general, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Biden administration’s new air quality rule that would significantly impact state economies and raise energy costs for Montana manufacturers, utilities, and families. This is the 38th lawsuit Attorney General Knudsen has filed against the Biden administration…. Read More

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen recently announced his collaboration with Kansas AG Kris Kobach and Iowa AG Brenna Bird to spearhead a coalition of 26 attorneys general, alongside the Arizona State Legislature. Together, they are opposing the Biden administration’s blatant infringement on the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans, which they deem unconstitutional. The coalition… Read More

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, along with ten other state attorneys general, initiated legal action on Tuesday by filing a lawsuit against a rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This rule, implemented by the Biden administration, introduces extensive and unlawful modifications to federal regulations governing water quality certifications issued by states. The legal… Read More

A local group that bills itself as the “Patriot Roundtable” hosted an event Sunday at which Montana Attorney Gen. Austin Knudsen was the featured attraction. The event, attended by about 200 people, kicked off with a tribute to retired Ag Teacher Jack Larson who was a founding member of the Patriot Round table. Larson died… Read More

BILLINGS- A major federal grant will help Montana get all untested rape kits tested after a robust mission several years ago by the Montana Department of Justice to create a sex assault task force. The $2.1 million grant will help Attorney General Austin Knudsen crack down on violent crime, something he says continues to rise…. Read More

Through a $2.1 million federal grant, the Montana Department of Justice (DOJ) will work to address the state’s repository of untested and partially tested sexual assault kits, helping law enforcement agencies investigate cold cases that have long gone unsolved. “We will intensify our efforts in solving sexual assault cases and bringing justice to survivors with… Read More

Attorney General Austin Knudsen sat down with MTN’s Jane McDonald to discuss the fentanyl crisis in Montana and a recent prostitution sting in Bozeman. WATCH THE VIDEO

HELENA, Mont. — Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen called on a federal appeals board to overturn a Bureau of Land Management final decision that rubber stamped a controversial and locally opposed change of use permit to allow bison grazing on several allotments in Phillips County. In an appeal filed Friday, Attorney General Knudsen, who is… Read More