Arizona Opioid Crisis

A new ruling Thursday by the U.S. Supreme Court could endanger more than $100 million of the settlement Arizona reached with opioid manufacturers.

The state now has the go-ahead to immediately take $115 million in funds from an opioid settlement to balance the budget.

Gov. Katie Hobbs and state lawmakers are asking a judge to immediately overturn a Thursday order that blocks the state, at least for now, from seizing money from the opioid settlement fund.

A judge late Thursday blocked the state from seizing opioid settlement funds, at least for the time being.

The Health Resources and Services Administration recently awarded $3 million to rural communities in eight states to reduce opioid overdoses. Maya…