opioid settlement

Many rural Ohio communities are receiving small settlements from opioid manufacturers. They’re getting creative to ensure the small boost makes a large impact.

Hamilton County has already received upwards of $7 million in opioid settlements, with millions more to come. How is the county spending its payout?

A new database tracks how state and local governments across the country are spending billions of dollars in opioid settlement funds. In Ohio, about half of those funds are untraceable.

Keys 2 Serenity, a Summit County nonprofit, is one of hundreds of grant applicants who didn’t get funding from the OneOhio Recovery Foundation this round. The group wants to build a support group for teens and young adults who lost a parent to the opioid crisis.

The OneOhio Recovery Foundation is charged with distributing 55% of the state’s opioid settlement funds. But some families and harm reduction groups are concerned the board lacks racial diversity.

A last minute addition to the Ohio Senate’s two-year state budget included a provision to allow the OneOhio Recovery Foundation — which is in charge of giving out $1.1 billion of the state’s opioid settlement money — to bypass public meetings rules.

The group claims the OneOhio Recovery Foundation Board isn't following certain public records laws, but its defenders say it's not a government entity.

Ohio Attorney General says more cities or entities must sign on for it to work.

Discussion continues whether to join $26 billion national settlement

Friday is the deadline for Ohio communities suing drug makers and distributors to decide to continue with their lawsuits or join the state’s effort to…