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Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge speaks into a microphone at a podium

Arkansas Attorney General directs $140 million in opioid settlement funds to general revenue fund

BY: - December 15, 2022

This story was updated at 3:01 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16, to include additional comments from Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin and Attorney General Leslie Rutledge’s office. Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge wants the Arkansas Legislature to decide how to spend more than $140 million in opioid settlement money awarded to the state. Rutledge is directing the […]

Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership offers funding opportunities for mitigation programs

BY: - December 1, 2022

Overdose deaths are increasing in Arkansas and despite efforts to bring awareness to the opioid epidemic, recovery and support services are not always available in the communities that need them most. Exodus.Life executive director Myra Woolfolk hopes to change that with support from the Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership, which is offering $16 million for programs […]

Arkansas receives first payment in $26 billion national opioid settlement

BY: - September 14, 2022

Arkansas has received more than $2.5 million from three opioid distributors as part of a national $26 billion settlement. The payment is the first of $216 million the state will receive under the agreement through annual payments over 18 years.  State and local officials still must develop plans for how to spend the settlement funds, […]