The program would facilitate a softer approach to handling certain calls. Springfield Fire Chief Nick Zummo said the EMTs ...

Mental health reporter Allen Siegler recently published a series of stories investigating how Mississippi’s elected officials ...

Cities and states promised to use opioid settlement money to fight addiction. Instead, they’re spending it on concerts, ...

A passionate discussion Friday in Brooke County as first responders ask commissioners to finally put opioid settlement dollars to use. 7News was at the meeting ...

Concordia Parish will use opioid settlement funds to equip law enforcement patrol units with AED and naloxone kits, aiming to ...

FOR TREATMENT. ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCILORS ARE PUTTING ALMOST $3 MILLION TOWARD BOOSTING COMMUNITY SAFETY AND RECOVERY SERVICES. THE MONEY COMES FROM THE CITY’S OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND AND WILL HELP ...

Brooke County officials are grappling with how to allocate $1.2 million in opioid settlement funds, a topic that sparked ...

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has announced once again her office will be extending the deadline for the $720 million National Opioid Settlement with eight drug makers. Eligible municipalities ...

The City Council unanimously voted to distribute $2.9 million in opioid settlement money to Albuquerque Community Safety’s street outreach program and housing navigation services Monday night. This ...

The Monroe County Legislature voted Oct. 14 to settle two lawsuits with opioid manufacturers. With this settlement, the county will receive up to $6.6 million that will be used to address the opioid ...

At Friday’s Brooke County Commission meeting, the Brooke County Sheriff’s Department requested a portion of funds awarded to the county from a series of statewide lawsuits against the makers and ...