A State Gave Sheriffs 20% of Its Opioid Settlement Cash. We Followed the Money.
A review panel found $5.4 million, or about 66%, of reported sheriff spending was inappropriate under standards used in other states.
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How are Louisiana sheriffs spending opioid settlement funds? We decided to find out.
Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. Verite News worked with three other news outlets — KFF Health News, The Current and Gulf States Newsroom — to ask all 64 sheriffs in the state how they’ve spent their opioid settlement funds. The responses were shared and presented in a data table for all four newsrooms to use. The newsrooms also shared interviews with a three-person review panel, the executive co…
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A State Gave Sheriffs 20% of Its Opioid Settlement Cash. We Followed the Money.
KFF Health News worked with three Louisiana news outlets — The Current, Gulf States Newsroom, and Verite News — to ask all 64 sheriffs in the state how they’ve spent their opioid settlement funds. The responses were shared and presented in a data table for all four newsrooms to use. Reporters then conducted individual reporting for separate articles. Every state is receiving opioid settlement payouts from companies accused of flooding the nation…
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