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County counsel asks Freestone County to sign Purdue, 'gang of 8' opioid settlements; first Purdue payment due Jan. 2026
Summary
An outside attorney asked Freestone County to approve two opioid settlements — the Purdue settlement and a smaller "gang of 8" settlement — explaining the statewide allocation formula and saying the first Purdue payment is scheduled for January 2026; the court discussed but the transcript does not record a final vote tally.
Blake Beckham, an attorney representing Lionstone and counties including Freestone County, asked the commissioners to approve two opioid settlement agreements — one with Purdue and a second he called the “gang of 8” — and outlined how the settlement money would be distributed.
Beckham said the larger Purdue settlement totals $286,000,000 to be paid over 15 years. He described the allocation required by law as 15% to counties, 15% to the state and 70% to regional funds that counties must apply to. Beckham told the court Freestone County’s direct share from the county bucket would be about $13,000; he said the Region 1 share for the Purdue settlement is roughly $8,000,000. He…
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