state and local governments

Aggregate settlements by state and local governments against drugmakers, wholesalers, and pharmacies over the opioid crisis have totaled about $50 billion.

Federal courts have the authority to enjoin or block deployments of federalized National Guard troops from conducting operations in city streets when state or local governments bring legal challenges.

State and local government settlements with drugmakers, wholesalers, and pharmacies over opioid-related claims have totaled about $50 billion.

The American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) provides publicly available microdata that enable measurement of economic, demographic, and housing trends across small geographic areas and small population subgroups and are used by state and local governments and researchers studying topics such as health equity and immigrant health.

More than a dozen companies that sold prescription painkillers are part of national settlements expected to pay state and local governments upward of $50 billion over nearly two decades.

State and local governments have used American Rescue Plan (2021) funds to purchase and cancel residents' medical debt.