With the stroke of DeWine’s pen on Independence Day, the foundation and 19 regional boards became immune from state bribery, ethics, or open records laws. To put a finer point on it: The use of public money, which was won in lawsuits brought by elected officials, can now be shielded from the public itself.

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https://newrepublic.com/article/174116/ohio-republicans-rotten-scheme-spend-opioid-settlement-money-secret

"After more than a month of communications with state attorneys general, private lawyers working on the [opioid] settlement, and the settlement administrators, KFF Health News has obtained documents showing the exact dollar amounts — down to the cent — that local governments were allocated for 2022 and 2023."

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/opioid-settlement-data-transparency/

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