As chairman of the Texas Opioid Abatement Fund Council (OAFC), Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today announced the transfer of a one-time allocation of $5 million to the Texas Access to Justice Foundation (TAJF). This transfer represents the first transfer of funding recovered through statewide opioid settlements with pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors and other parties responsible for the opioid epidemic. TAJF is the leading funding source for legal aid in Texas and works to guarantee all Texans […]
