Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a deal Thursday that would help distribute up to $1.5 billion to the state and its cities and counties from a potential nationwide opioid settlement.

The May 13 agreement, which also involved six law firms representing Texas and its cities and counties in their separate opioid lawsuits, attempts to resolve some of the key sticking points in bringing a myriad assortment of governments into the negotiations over a nationwide opioid settlement, estimated to be at least $19.2 billion.

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