...by unfunded mandates on municipalities. The proposed settlement agreement and links to the amended permits are posted to the Federal Register at bit.ly/MS4settlement. Public comments were accepted through Jan. 27....
...cash. The proposed language would clarify how the receipts in special funds can be spent: if the receipt is for one specific purpose, such as opioid settlement funds, a municipal...
MMA Executive Director Geoff Beckwith has been named to a national task force on heroin and opioid abuse, continuing the MMA’s efforts to provide leadership on a crisis that is...
On March 14, Gov. Charlie Baker signed legislation aimed at providing education, prevention and treatment options to combat the growing opioid abuse epidemic in Massachusetts. The legislation, passed unanimously...
...provide two human beings is appalling,” she concluded. Opioids are a leading killer Potee pointed out that the United States prescribes more opioids than any other country in the world,...
On Dec. 12, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection released a draft second amendment to the Final Massachusetts Volkswagen Settlement Beneficiary Mitigation Plan. Massachusetts received $75 million of the national...
...“Can This Small Town Lead America in Fighting the Opioid Crisis?” suggested that the work done by the Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region could...
At its Annual Meeting on Jan. 22 and 23, the MMA released a 16-page report intended to help local officials take action on the escalating opioid abuse epidemic that has...
The opioid epidemic is being increasingly felt in today’s workplace. An estimated three out of four people with an addiction are employed, a fact that affects productivity, morale and health...
Federal and state authorities on Oct. 10 announced a negotiated $366.25 million settlement with a South Carolina-based company to clean up New Bedford Harbor. The agreement, the largest single-site cash...