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Kansas AG joins 12 other AGs in coalition against EPA regulations

May 7, 2013 11:35 AM
By Bryan Cohen

TOPEKA, Kan. (Legal Newsline) – Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt joined 12 other state attorneys general Monday to ask the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency not to impose new oil-production regulations without consulting all affected states. Multiple northeastern states are trying to … Read More »

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Montana AG announces signing of bill targeting scammers

April 17, 2013 12:41 PM
By Bryan Cohen

HELENA, Mont. (Legal Newsline) – Montana Attorney General Tim Fox announced on Tuesday that Governor Steve Bullock signed a bill into law that would protect vulnerable consumers from scams. Fox and his Office of Consumer Protection brought forward HB 287, … Read More »

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Montana AG announces signing of THC impairment standards legislation

April 9, 2013 12:36 PM
By Bryan Cohen

HELENA, Mont. (Legal Newsline) – Montana Attorney General Tim Fox announced Tuesday that Gov. Steve Bullock signed a bill into law to establish a standard for tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, impairment for drivers. Bullock signed HB 168 into law on Friday, … Read More »

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Montana AG announces signing of designer drug criminalization law

April 4, 2013 1:09 PM
By Bryan Cohen

HELENA, Mont. (Legal Newsline) – Montana Attorney General Tim Fox announced Tuesday that Gov. Steve Bullock signed a law developed by Fox to criminalize designer drugs in Montana. Fox’s bill criminalizes the possession, manufacturing, sale and distribution of designer drugs … Read More »

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AGs call for broader exceptions to contraception mandate

April 4, 2013 10:40 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) — Thirteen state attorneys general are urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to adopt broader religious exceptions to its controversial contraception mandate. The mandate, which was imposed under the health care law signed … Read More »

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Mont. AG’s sex offender bill signed into law

April 1, 2013 12:56 PM
By Bryan Cohen

HELENA, Mont. (Legal Newsline) – Montana Attorney General Tim Fox announced on Wednesday that Gov. Steve Bullock signed one of Fox’s bills into law closing a loophole in a previous state sex offender registry law. Fox previously introduced SB 213, … Read More »

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Report: Mont. SC justice among those to be recommended for federal judgeships

March 14, 2013 9:15 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

HELENA, Mont. (Legal Newsline) — Montana Supreme Court Justice Brian Morris reportedly will be recommended for a federal judgeship in Montana. A spokeswoman for U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Montana, told The Montana Standard earlier this week that Morris will be … Read More »

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Mont. voters pass Citizens United-aimed initiative

November 12, 2012 10:25 AM
By Bethany Krajelis

HELENA, Mont. (Legal Newsline) – The majority of Montana voters may have supported it, but a ballot initiative aimed at overturning Citizens United v. FEC remains up in the air when it comes to constitutionality. Nearly 75 percent of Montana … Read More »

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Fox wins Mont. AG race in second attempt

November 7, 2012 2:20 PM
By Stephanie Ostrowski

HELENA, Mont. (Legal Newsline) – Tim Fox will be Montana’s first Republican attorney general in 20 years. Fox defeated Democrat Pam Bucy on Wednesday in their bids to replace Steve Bullock, who was still locked in a tight gubernatorial contest … Read More »

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