(File Photo: Source for Photo: Dave Sunday speaks to the audience in the Forum Auditorium across the street from the Capitol after taking the oath to become Pennsylvania’s next attorney general, Jan. 21, 2025, in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to an announcement on Monday from 55 Attorney Generals, which included Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday, Pennsylvania will get an estimated $200 million. This comes from its part of a settlement with Purdue Pharma of $7.4 billion. This makes pending litigation to be resolved against Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family. The Sackler family will no longer own Purdue Pharma because they helped in marketing and producing opioids. According to a release from Sunday’s office, Pennsylvania’s share from the settlement will be paid over a period of 15 years, depending on how many municipalities sign off on the settlement terms. The first three years is when most of the settlement will be distributed. The Sacklers will pay $1.5 billion and Purdue will pay roughly $900 million in the first payment.