A state commission is rolling out a new way for local governments to report how they’re using opioid settlement money, with plans to make the spending details easily accessible to the public.

Kentucky is slated to get over $980 million from financial settlements with companies accused of contributing to America’s opioid crisis. Half of the money is divided up among local governments while the state’s opioid commission manages the rest. The money started flowing in 2022, with more than a decade of payments to go.

Governments sharing in the national, multibillion-dollar opioid settlements are supposed to devote most of the funds toward lessening the crisis, such as addiction prevention and treatment. In Kentucky, the state opioid commission is empowered to monitor local governments’ spendi

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