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Officials Agree: Use Settlement Funds to Curb Youth Addiction. But the ‘How’ Gets Hairy.

Video Reporter: Caresse Jackman, InvestigateTV; Video Editor: Scotty Smith, InvestigateTV When three teenagers died of fentanyl overdoses last year in Larimer County, Colorado, it shocked the community and “flipped families upside down,” said Tom Gonzales, the county’s public health director. Several schools began stocking naloxone, a medication that reverses opioid overdoses. Community organizations trained teens…

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As shutdown looms, Kevin McCarthy does … nothing

There are just six days until a government shutdown unless a stopgap funding bill passes, and Congress is out Monday to observe Yom Kippur. As of Monday, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy doesn’t have that short-term funding bill. Instead, the House Rules Committee spent part of the weekend advancing the scheme cooked up by Rep. Matt…

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