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ADAM NUÑEZ

Salem’s Stalled Solution: City Sits On Opioid Remediation Funds As Crisis Continues

Local officials defend the slow rollout of settlement money, while critics question why more than half-a-million dollars remains unspent

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ADAM NUÑEZ March 31, 2026
BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM

BINJ Ed Director Talks Massachusetts Opioid Settlement Coverage At NICAR

Chris Faraone joined cohort from Data-Driven Reporting Project at Northwestern University

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BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM March 12, 2026
CHRIS FARAONE

Public Health Officials Holding Opioid Remediation Fund Listening Sessions In Western Mass

With tens of millions still unspent, Massachusetts is soliciting public input on how to use money meant to mitigate damage wrought by the opioid epidemic

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CHRIS FARAONE March 11, 2026
JONATHAN GERHARDSON

Delays, Denials, Determinations: State Health Dept. Slowwalks Media Records Requests

The DPH has fought BINJ on releasing opioid settlement spending data. It’s part of an opaque pattern that reflects a flawed Massachusetts public information law.

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JONATHAN GERHARDSON January 22, 2026
CHRIS FARAONE

Meet The Massachusetts Advocate Challenging The Opioid Recovery Establishment

“The systems that refuse to evolve, that cling to nearly 100-year-old faith-based pseudoscience … are a huge part of why we can’t seem to solve this problem”

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CHRIS FARAONE December 15, 2025
JONATHAN GERHARDSON

Massachusetts Spent A Record Amount Of Its Opioid Settlement Funds Last Year. But On What?

Examining the unpublished FY25 remediation fund report obtained for this article, including spending on services and equity grants, and millions of dollars unaccounted for

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JONATHAN GERHARDSON November 5, 2025
JACOB SCHLES

Gun Violence Prevention Grant Puts Opioid Settlement Funds Back In Communities

The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office is spending its settlement funds from the consulting giant McKinsey on nonprofits working on gun violence prevention, urban farming, and food access

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JACOB SCHLES November 2, 2025
JONATHAN GERHARDSON

Mass Municipalities Are Sitting On Millions Meant To Mitigate The Opioid Scourge

In some cases, our investigation found cities and towns using opioid abatement dollars to fund law enforcement

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JONATHAN GERHARDSON April 15, 2025
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