GEOFF MULVIHILL

January 17, 2021 at 11:10 am

Actions by GOP attorneys general could damage credibility

By supporting efforts to overturn the results of the presidential election, most of the nation's Republican state attorneys general may have undermined their offices' long-held...

December 16, 2020 at 9:11 pm

Family behind OxyContin attests to its role in opioid crisis

Two owners of the company that makes OxyContin acknowledged to Congress on Thursday that the powerful prescription painkiller played a role in the opioid epidemic...

December 16, 2020 at 10:21 am

Senate report: Opioid industry has paid advocacy groups $65M

A bipartisan congressional investigation released Wednesday found that key players in the nation’s opioid industry have spent $65 million since 1997 funding nonprofits that advocate...

December 15, 2020 at 4:51 am

Family members who own Purdue to appear before Congress

Two members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma agreed to appear this week before a congressional committee investigating the family and...

Business

December 13, 2020 at 7:58 am

Budget toll from virus hits both Democratic, GOP-led states VIEW

No “blue state bailout" is a rallying cry for many congressional Republicans as attempts to provide more federal aid to a nation stricken by an...

Business

November 25, 2020 at 7:56 am

Money promised to combat US overdose crisis sits unused

When it filed for bankruptcy last year, Purdue Pharma agreed to an innovative plan: It would make $200 million available immediately to help those those...

November 24, 2020 at 10:02 am

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma pleads guilty in criminal case

Purdue Pharma pleaded guilty Tuesday to three criminal charges, formally taking responsibility for its part in an opioid epidemic that has contributed to hundreds of...

Business

November 17, 2020 at 3:50 pm