Kentucky cities and counties are getting payouts from nationwide settlements with companies accused of fueling America’s opioid crisis. They’re supposed to report how they’re spending the money to the state, but last year the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting found compliance with the rules has been scattershot.

The state’s opioid commission just set up a new process for local governments to provide details on their spending. And it plans to make the data easily accessible to Kentuckians. I talked with the commission's chair, Christopher Evans, about those changes and how they're keeping the public in mind.

This transcript is edited for length and clarity.

Morgan Watkins: You lead the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission, which is empowered to monitor how city and cou

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