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Griffin Eckstein

SHOCKING: Az ag and gov feud over opioid funds - You Need To See This

An Arizona judge has temporarily blocked Governor Katie Hobbs (D-AZ) from accessing the state’s share of a national opioid settlement to fill a budget gap, at the request of the state’s Democratic attorney general.

Movement of a $115 million sum, part of Arizona’s $1.14 billion portion of the settlement funds from pharmaceutical companies that exacerbated an opioid crisis across the United States, was halted by a Maricopa County judge on Thursday evening as Attorney General Kris Mayes accuses the governor of pilfering it to close a budget shortcoming.

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