Municipal governments and other entities that accepted payments through Visa or Mastercard between 2004 and 2019 are eligible to file claims under a $5.5 billion settlement of a class action...
Federal and state authorities on Oct. 10 announced a negotiated $366.25 million settlement with a South Carolina-based company to clean up New Bedford Harbor. The agreement, the largest single-site cash...
On March 14, Gov. Charlie Baker signed legislation aimed at providing education, prevention and treatment options to combat the growing opioid abuse epidemic in Massachusetts. The legislation, passed unanimously...
...provide two human beings is appalling,” she concluded. Opioids are a leading killer Potee pointed out that the United States prescribes more opioids than any other country in the world,...
MMA Executive Director Geoff Beckwith has been named to a national task force on heroin and opioid abuse, continuing the MMA’s efforts to provide leadership on a crisis that is...
...for one specific purpose, such as opioid settlement funds, a municipal executive would be able to spend the funds without further appropriation; otherwise, qualifying revenue reserved in a special fund...
...“Can This Small Town Lead America in Fighting the Opioid Crisis?” suggested that the work done by the Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region could...
At its Annual Meeting on Jan. 22 and 23, the MMA released a 16-page report intended to help local officials take action on the escalating opioid abuse epidemic that has...
The opioid epidemic is being increasingly felt in today’s workplace. An estimated three out of four people with an addiction are employed, a fact that affects productivity, morale and health...
...continues to plague too many households and neighborhoods, yet we know that community-based programs are saving lives. The recent $525 million opioid settlement forged by Attorney General Maura Healey will...
