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Opioid Settlement Money
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WZZM ABC News Grand Rapids 📹 (17 April 2024)
People deserve to know how this money will be spent to save lives and make our community safe for everyone.
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Bridge Michigan (16 April 2024)
The use of fear to push products that will hurt people instead of helping them is disgusting.
Opioid Settlement Money
Bridge Michigan (28 March 2024)
Michigan opioid settlement dollars sit unspent as crisis rages Highlighting the issue in Michigan with spending the opioid settlement money, lack of transparency, and the urgent need to spend the money.
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Bridge Michigan (1 March 2024)
Providers: Rollout of $1.5B opioid settlement a ‘huge disaster’ in Michigan Highlighting the many unnecessary barriers to opioid settlement funds for community organizations dedicated to tackling this issue.
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Bridge Michigan📽️ (28 February 2024)
Bridge Lunch Break: Spending Michigan’s Opioid Settlement Money 60 minutes 📽️
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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.
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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.
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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,