People walk through the parking lot of the Lummi Tribal Health Center advertising walk-in appointments for Suboxone, a medicine used to treat opioid dependence, on the Lummi Reservation, Feb. 8, 2024, near Bellingham, Wash. On Tuesday, March 20, 2024, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a multimillion-dollar measure to send state money to tribes and Indigenous people in the state who die from opioid overdoses at disproportionately high rates in Washington. (AP Photo/Lindse…
March 20, 2024
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March 20, 2024 4:45 p.m.
Washington Gov. Inslee signs fentanyl bill sending money to disproportionately affected tribes
The state Legislature earlier this month overwhelmingly approved the tribes bill expected to provide nearly $8 million total each year until at least 2031 for the 29 federally recognized tribes in Washington