Montana Attorney General

A Lewis and Clark County district judge has ruled that Montana’s attorney general and secretary of state did their due diligence in vetting a proposed constitutional initiative that, if passed, would cap property taxes.

The case began as a dispute over power between Republican lawmakers and the state Supreme Court. Lawmakers accused the justices of misconduct and bias, and subpoenaed judicial records.

Montana’s attorney general has launched a civil investigation into the popular social media app TikTok for possible violation of the state’s consumer protection act. Attorney General Austin Knudsen says the app may be misrepresenting the dangers of the platform for teens.

Montana’s attorney general is asking the state Supreme Court to overturn a 23-year-old precedent of constitutional protection for access to abortion. The request is part of a court battle over abortion restrictions signed into law last year.

Montana has joined a lawsuit with nine other states suing the U.S. government over President Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal contract workers. Meanwhile, the Montana Nurses Association has filed to join a lawsuit against a state law that bans most employers from requiring vaccinations.

Attorney General Austin Knudsen, along with the Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force, unveiled an online database to make keeping track of missing people in the state easier to do.

A special legislative counsel will investigate allegations that Attorney General Austin Knudsen abused his power to intervene on behalf of a patient at a hospital in Helena.

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen wants to block the Biden administration's proposed employer vaccine and testing mandate before it goes into effect. Montana is one of only a few states to explicitly ban such mandates.

The injunction comes a week after the same judge issued a temporary restraining order that stalled the laws for 10 days.