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Bridge Michigan📽️ (28 February 2024)
Bridge Lunch Break: Spending Michigan’s Opioid Settlement Money 60 minutes 📽️
Opioid Settlement Money
Opioid Settlement Money
Bridge Michigan (7 February 2024)
Michigan won’t know how $725M is spent on opioids help. Other states do it better Highlighting the mess in how the State of Michigan is handling the $1.6 billion in opioid settlement money.
Opioid Settlement Money
Bridge Michigan (7 February 2024)
Michigan opioid cash sparks feeding frenzy of vendors, seeking cut of $1.5B Highlighting the mess in how the State of Michigan is handling the $1.6 billion in opioid settlement money.
Opioid Settlement Money
Bridge Michigan (7 February 2024)
As opioid deaths mount, Michigan governments sit on millions for intervention Highlighting the mess in how the State of Michigan is handling the $1.6 billion in opioid settlement money.
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WBUR/NPR Boston (29 January 2024)
Emphasizing the importance of getting opioid settlement money out quickly to fund evidence-based solutions. Boston dedicates small portion of opioid settlement funds to grieving familiesBoston’s first distribution of opioid settlement funds will go to families who’ve lost a member to an overdose. Initial grants for funerals, child care
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Bridge Michigan (16 Jan 2024)
More problems with how Michigan is working to spend its share of the opioid settlement funds.
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The National Desk📽️ (19 October 2023)
Lack of transparency concerns over billions in opioid settlement money distributions 10 minutes📽️ Republished: KHGI-TV (Kearney, NE) WGME-TV (Portland, ME) WEAR-TV (Pensacola, FL) WJLA-TV (Arlington, VA) KDBC-TV (El Paso, TX) KOKH-TV (Oklahoma City, OK) WCTI-TV (New Bern, NC) WHP-TV (Harrisburg, PA) WSYX-TV (Columbus, OH) KFDM-TV (Beaumont, TX) KRCG-TV (New Bloomfield,
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The National Desk📽️ (10 October 2023)
$52 billion debate: The best way to spend opioid lawsuit settlement money? 10 minutes📽️ Republished: WZTV-TV (Nashville, TN) KMEG-TV (Dakota Dunes, SD) KSNV-TV (Las Vegas, NV) WCIV-TV (Mount Pleasant, SC) WCHS-TV (Charleston, WV) KIMA-TV (Yakima, WA) KPTM-TV (Omaha, NE) WEAR-TV (Pensacola, FL) WYME-TV (Gainesville, FL) KHGI-TV (Kearney, NE) KTVO-TV (Kirksville,
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KFF/NPR (30 Mar 2023)
As states start to get opioid settlement cash, few are sharing how they spend it Promoting transparency with opioid settlement money to ensure it goes towards evidence-based solutions.