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With $270 million settlement, Purdue Pharma starts paying for the opioid crisis

Katie Zezima on the pharmaceutical company’s landmark settlement. Amy Gardner on voting rights for felons in Florida. And Dan Zak on butterflies and the border wall.

Tuesday, March 26, 2019
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Purdue Pharma settles Oklahoma opioid suit
On Tuesday, Purdue Pharma agreed to settle a lawsuit with the state of Oklahoma for $270 million. The lawsuit centered on the OxyContin creator’s role in the opioid crisis, with the payout largely going to fund a new center at the University of Oklahoma to study and treat addiction and pain.

Katie Zezima details how the Purdue Pharma settlement could potentially “set the floor” for settlements in the thousands of other lawsuits leveled against pharmaceutical companies over the deadly opioid epidemic.

More on this topic:
  • Purdue Pharma, state of Oklahoma reach settlement in landmark opioid lawsuit
  • Purdue Pharma CEO says bankruptcy is ‘an option’ as company faces opioid lawsuits

Felon voting rights in Florida may face restrictions
Last midterms, Florida voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure that would allow felons to vote. Now, Republicans say there should be implementation legislation that goes along with it.

Amy Gardner covers voting issues for The Post and says the number of eligible felons — as many as 1.4 million Floridians — may dwindle if the Republican-held Florida legislature limits Amendment 4’s scope. Democrats are crying foul as Republicans insist they are merely fleshing out a vague and sparse amendment.

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  • Florida agreed to let felons vote. Now Republicans are trying to limit who is eligible.
  • The long, racist history of Florida’s now-repealed ban on felons voting
  • Florida ex-felons reclaim their voting rights, ready to become ‘like every other American citizen’

Monarch butterflies take on a new symbolism
Features writer Dan Zak went to the southern border to understand how partisan battles over immigration are affecting the plight of monarch butterflies.

More on this topic:
  • Butterflies were symbols of rebirth. Then they started disappearing.
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With $270 million settlement, Purdue Pharma starts paying for the opioid crisis

Katie Zezima on the pharmaceutical company’s landmark settlement. Amy Gardner on voting rights for felons in Florida. And Dan Zak on butterflies and the border wall.

Tuesday, March 26, 2019
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Purdue Pharma settles Oklahoma opioid suit
On Tuesday, Purdue Pharma agreed to settle a lawsuit with the state of Oklahoma for $270 million. The lawsuit centered on the OxyContin creator’s role in the opioid crisis, with the payout largely going to fund a new center at the University of Oklahoma to study and treat addiction and pain.

Katie Zezima details how the Purdue Pharma settlement could potentially “set the floor” for settlements in the thousands of other lawsuits leveled against pharmaceutical companies over the deadly opioid epidemic.

More on this topic:
  • Purdue Pharma, state of Oklahoma reach settlement in landmark opioid lawsuit
  • Purdue Pharma CEO says bankruptcy is ‘an option’ as company faces opioid lawsuits

Felon voting rights in Florida may face restrictions
Last midterms, Florida voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure that would allow felons to vote. Now, Republicans say there should be implementation legislation that goes along with it.

Amy Gardner covers voting issues for The Post and says the number of eligible felons — as many as 1.4 million Floridians — may dwindle if the Republican-held Florida legislature limits Amendment 4’s scope. Democrats are crying foul as Republicans insist they are merely fleshing out a vague and sparse amendment.

More on this topic:
  • Florida agreed to let felons vote. Now Republicans are trying to limit who is eligible.
  • The long, racist history of Florida’s now-repealed ban on felons voting
  • Florida ex-felons reclaim their voting rights, ready to become ‘like every other American citizen’

Monarch butterflies take on a new symbolism
Features writer Dan Zak went to the southern border to understand how partisan battles over immigration are affecting the plight of monarch butterflies.

More on this topic:
  • Butterflies were symbols of rebirth. Then they started disappearing.
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What happens after Mueller? ‘There’s a long way to go.’

Josh Dawsey and Karoun Demirjian report on Washington’s response to Attorney General William P. Barr’s summary of Robert S. Mueller III's Russia investigation. And Jeff Stein on Puerto Rico’s loss of food stamp funding.

Monday, March 25, 2019
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Katie Zezima and Joel Achenbach on gun control and the public health crisis of suicides. Anton Troianovski and Shane Harris on how Russia interfered in American elections. Plus, Reed Albergotti on Apple switching up its business model.

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