Secret meetings by board overseeing Pa.’s $1 billion in opioid settlements draw criticism

Secret meetings by board overseeing Pa.’s $1 billion in opioid settlements draw criticism

The oversight board also does not let the public speak at meetings and says it’s not subject to the state’s Right-to-Know Law

Secret meetings by board overseeing Pa.’s $1B in opioid settlements draw criticism

The oversight board also does not let the public speak at meetings and says it’s not subject to the state’s Right-to-Know Law

Secret meetings by board overseeing Pa.’s $1 billion in opioid settlements draw criticism

Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. Tom VanKirk leads a board with power over a vast amount of money. The Pennsylvania Opioid Misuse and Addiction Abatement Trust is responsible for ensuring counties and other local governments appropriately spend hundred…

Secret opioid meetings draw criticism

HARRISBURG — Tom VanKirk leads a board with power over a vast amount of money.