Health Dec 09 People hit hardest by opioid crisis often don’t get a say in how settlement money is spent By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press
Politics Jun 27 Watch 6:55 Conservative Supreme Court majority takes aim at ‘administrative state’ in latest rulings The U.S. Supreme Court handed down several high-profile decisions Thursday morning. One case blocked a controversial bankruptcy deal involving the opioid crisis, another reinstated access to abortions for those facing medical emergencies in Idaho and a third blocked an EPA… By John Yang, Kyle Midura
Politics Jun 27 Watch 2:01 Supreme Court blocks Purdue settlement in major blow to local governments fighting opioids The Supreme Court ripped up a controversial bankruptcy deal that would have provided billions of dollars to states devastated by the opioid epidemic and shielded the controversial family accused of pushing pharmaceutical painkillers in search of profit. Amna Nawaz explored… By Amna Nawaz, Jackson Hudgins
Nation Mar 04 Ohio foundation begins process to distribute over $860 million in opioid settlement money The foundation has been tasked with distributing $860 million of the settlements reached with drugmakers and pharmaceutical companies over their roles in the national opioid crisis. By Samantha Hendrickson, Associated Press/Report For America
Politics Dec 04 Watch 6:11 Supreme Court hears case that could shield Purdue Pharma owners from opioid lawsuits The Supreme Court heard arguments in one of the most important corporate bankruptcy cases in decades. The court is weighing whether to approve Purdue Pharma's controversial bankruptcy deal that would give billions to victims of the opioid epidemic while protecting… By Geoff Bennett, Saher Khan, Kyle Midura
Aug 01 Watch 10:02 How opioid settlement money led to a legal battle in Ohio By Cat Wise, Mike Fritz In Ohio, a state with one of the highest overdose death rates in the nation, a private foundation has been set up to distribute opioid settlement funds over several years. But as special correspondent Cat Wise and producer Mike Fritz… Continue watching
Jul 31 Watch 9:58 As opioid settlement money starts to flow in, states debate how best to use it By Cat Wise, Mike Fritz More than $50 billion in settlement funds from pharmaceutical companies that made and sold opioid painkillers will be paid out over the next 18 years to state and local governments across the country. But the debate around how this money… Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch 4:44 News Wrap: Rudy Giuliani appears before Georgia grand jury in 2020 election probe In our news wrap Wednesday, Rudy Giuliani appeared before a special grand jury in Georgia over his attempts to change the state's 2020 election results, former Vice President Pence implored Republicans to stop attacks on the FBI, the CDC announced… Continue watching