Lawmakers and advocates are divided on whether to allow the governor and legislature to weigh in on how opioid legal settlements are used.
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CT, 14 other states reach $7.4B deal with Sacklers, Purdue Pharma
CT would receive around $64M, Attorney General William Tong said, in a renegotiated settlement that is $1.4B more than a previous deal.
CT OKs $8M in opioid settlement money for a range of services
The $8 million allocated is a portion of the more than $124 million that the committee has received from settlements with opioid companies.
