Governor Dan McKee joined Attorney General Peter F. Neronha, Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio, House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, and city and town officials to announce funding recovered from opioids distributors that will be used to address Rhode Island’s opioids crisis.
In January 2018, then-Lt. Governor McKee led the effort to organize dozens of municipalities to file a lawsuit against pharmaceutical drug manufacturers and wholesale drug distributors.
Today, mayors, town managers, and town administrators from across Rhode Island reacted to the announced settlement of more than $90 million in funding and the impacts it will have on their respective cities and towns.
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