As NPR reports, a coalition of state attorneys general announced this week that they had reached a $26 billion settlement agreement with drug distributors and Johnson & Johnson for their role in the opioid epidemic. The agreement, which still requires approval from state and local governments, would resolve various lawsuits brought against Johnson & Johnson, AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, and McKesson that allege that the companies turned a blind eye to orders for large quantities of opioid drugs in the interest of making money. Keep reading for more news. Felons in Office. The Greensboro News & Record reports that the General Assembly appears likely to pass legislation that would prohibit a person with a felony conviction from running for the office of sheriff, regardless of whether the person had been granted an expunction. The News & Record says that the bill is intended to prevent situations such as those where the former sheriff of Davidson County, Gerald Hege, ran again for office in 2007 and 2018 after pleading guilty to felony obstruction of justice in 2004. The current version of the bill would grant an exception to anyone who had received an unconditional pardon. Chase. As WLOS reports, a person was killed and another was injured when a man fleeing a traffic stop and being chased by a Haywood County Sheriff’s deputy crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with another vehicle. A deputy was attempting to stop Dalton Suttles for a traffic violation when Suttles refused to pull over and sped away. [...]
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