Over the next 13 years, Kentucky is set to receive $110 million from a settlement with Kroger that will go to addressing the opioid crisis, Attorney General Russell Coleman announced Thursday, Jan. 9.
This comes nearly a year after Coleman sued Kroger, alleging the grocery retail chain contributed to the opioid crisis.
Speaking in Covington Thursday, Coleman said his office “didn’t take the decision lightly” because “Kroger has created a public image of trust in this region and in many parts of our commonwealth.”…