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An audit released by the Suffolk County Comptroller Tuesday found that the county’s system for selecting, awarding and ...
In Jackson County, West Virginia, officials voted earlier this year to use more than $500,000 in settlement ... tribal governments claiming the companies’ practices contributed to the crisis ...
More than two dozen opioid prevention programs face elimination from the federal budget, including a $56 million grant for naloxone distribution and first responder training on how to use the ...
It’s among the largest settlements reached over the past several years in a series of lawsuits by local, state and Native American tribal governments and other plaintiffs seeking to hold opioid ...
Yet as these industry players continue to reach legal settlements with states and municipalities across the country, the courts have ignored their role in exacerbating the opioid epidemic in Black ...
Taunton City Councilor Estele Borges is questioning why the city has only spent a tiny fraction of the opioid settlement money it's had in its coffers since 2024. Borges, who is running for mayor ...
The largest proposed share would go to Twin City Harm Reduction Collective, which provides clean syringes, naloxone, and ...
Rite Aid filed for bankruptcy at the end of 2023 as it was also dealing with losses and opioid lawsuit settlements. The U.S. Department of Justice filed a similar lawsuit against CVS in December ...
City councilors discuss $4.5 million in funding for recovery housing, a sobering center and prevention programs, marking the final phase of a two-year plan shaped by community input.
The 39 counties and municipalities receiving a direct share of the opioid settlements would have to submit annual, publicly available reports. A bill that would boost transparency of how Maine’s ...