Mesa County Public Health Director Jeff Kuhr and Montrose County Commissioner Sue Hansen were chosen to serve on a special state panel to help determine how to disperse opioid lawsuit settlement money.
The two were among 13 appointed by Gov. Jared Polis this week to the Opioid Crisis Recovery Funds Advisory Committee, a panel called for under a bill the Colorado Legislature approved in 2019 to help deal with such funds.
Thirteen other members are to be designated by various state agencies and private associations, such as the Colorado Municipal League and the Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police.
The 26-member panel didnât have to be formed until the state saw its first opioid-related settlement agreement, which happened in February when Colorado and several other states reached a settlement with McKinsey & Co.
No sure bets as Florida lawmakers consider DeSantis gaming compact in special session Ana Ceballos, The Miami Herald
May 14 TALLAHASSEE Gov. Ron DeSantis, a nationally ascendant Republican, is close to nailing down a long-sought gaming deal with the Seminole Tribe of Florida that would expand gaming in tribal facilities and usher online sports betting into the state for the first time.
The gaming compact if ratified by the state Legislature next week and later approved by federal regulators would make Florida the largest state in the nation to legalize sports betting, and the Tribe would be the exclusive operator of the digital sports books in Florida for the next 30 years. The Tribe would also be allowed to build three more casinos on tribal property in coming years.
An educational program created by the Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe, Humboldt County Office of Education and Northern Humboldt Union High School District, called Pathmakers, is.