Groups battling opioid crisis express frustration over state’s speed in distributing millions of dollars from legal settlements – Chicago Tribune*

Overall, Illinois has received more than $200 million since 2022 from the largest national opioid settlement to date, according to the KFF Health News’ tracker; the estimated future payout from that settlement is more than $572 million. But as of last week, about $103 million in the remediation fund had been approved for specific programs, and only about $5 million had been handed out, according to slides presented by State Opioid Settlement Administrator Jim Wilkerson at a public meeting.