Latest by Geoff Mulvihill

Published on April 15, 2023 - Page 16
For California, New York and some other states trying to position themselves as safe havens for those seeking abortions, a federal court ruling this...
Published on October 29, 2022 - Page 18
Lillianna Alfaro was a recent high school graduate raising a toddler and considering joining the Army when she and a friend bought what they thought...
Published on April 4, 2022 - Page 4
As the addiction and overdose crisis that has gripped the U.S. for two decades turns even deadlier, state governments are scrambling for ways to stem...
Published on September 19, 2021 - Page 17
A judge formally approved a plan Friday to turn OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma into a new company no longer owned by members of the Sackler family and...
Published on September 2, 2021 - Page 3
A federal bankruptcy judge gave conditional approval Wednesday to a sweeping, potentially $10 billion plan submitted by OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma...
Published on August 18, 2021 - Page 10
Members of the family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma won’t contribute billions of dollars to a legal settlement unless they get off the hook...
Published on March 13, 2021 - Page 3
State governments will get a big influx of federal money from the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that could suddenly enable them to undertake...
Published on December 17, 2020 - Page 3
A bipartisan congressional investigation released Wednesday found that key players in the nation’s opioid industry have spent $65 million since 1997...
Published on November 26, 2020 - Page 4
When it filed for bankruptcy last year, Purdue Pharma agreed to make $200 million available to help those harmed by its signature painkiller,...
Published on August 23, 2020 - Page 7
U.S. state and territorial governments say the opioid epidemic has cost them $630 billion since 2007 and that the cost could balloon to more than $2...