DES MOINES, Iowa, June 18 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bird Announces $37.8 Million Opioid Settlement from Purdue Pharma * DES MOINES -- Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced that Iowa has agreed to sign on to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family. The settlement would resolve litigation against Purdue and the Sacklers for their role in creating and worsening the opioid crisis a  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 18 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Griffin Applauds Supreme Court Decision Upholding Tennessee Law to Protect Children from Experimental Surgeries * Griffin: 'I applaud the high court's sound legal reasoning and commonsense approach' LITTLE ROCK - Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision upholding a Tennessee law th  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 18 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Griffin Files Amended Complaint against Board of Corrections Citing Illegal Exaction Concerns * Griffin: '[The Board] cannot pay its illegally retained counsel using taxpayers' dollars' LITTLE ROCK - Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after filing an amended complaint in his lawsuit against the Arkansas Board of Corrections for violating  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb issued the following news release on June 18, 2025: * * * Attorney General Schwalb Secures $21 Million from Purdue Pharma and Sackler Family Settlement Holds Purdue and the Sackler Family Accountable for Fueling Opioid Crisis and Will Fund Opioid Addiction Treatment, Prevention, and Recovery * Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible states and US terri  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 19 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news on June 18, 2025: * * * Attorney General Murrill announces $69 million Purdue Opioid Settlement for Louisiana Attorney General Murrill today announced that all 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible states and U.S. territories, agreed to sign on to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family. The Sackler family has also informed the attorneys general  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 19 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on June 18, 2025: * * * Attorney General Hilgers Announces Victory in Challenge to Biden-Era Nursing Home Rule LINCOLN - Attorney General Hilgers announced today that a federal court in Iowa has vacated a rule promulgated by the Biden Administration that would have cost states hundreds of thousands of dollars and driven nursing homes out of business. "Today's victory will help ensure that N  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 19 -- The Arkansas Economic Development Commission posted the following news from Weyerhaeuser Co.: * * * Weyerhaeuser Breaks Ground on New TimberStrand(R) Facility in South Arkansas MONTICELLO and WARREN, Ark. (June 18, 2025) - Weyerhaeuser Company, one of the world's largest private owners of timberlands, has broken ground on its new TimberStrand(R) facility near Monticello and Warren, Arkansas. The company is investing an estimated $500 million in the facility,   more