Minnesota to get $50M in settlement with opioid maker Purdue Pharma

Driving the news: Minnesota was one of 15 additional states to sign on to a Purdue Pharma exit plan. Those states pushed for a better settlement and got an additional $1.5 billion, plus the disclosure of 30 million internal documents.

• Ellison said he was part of the push to get those documents released.

What he's saying: "When it came to the Sackler family, they knew the damage they were causing — and they caused it anyway, all for the sake of personal profit and their own self-glorification," he said. "Now with this resolution, the whole world will see what they did."

What's ahead: The additional 15 states signing off leaves just nine states and the District of Columbia remaining opposed to the plan.

• The Associated Press reports that the latest batch of states make it more likely the federal bankruptcy judge will confirm the deal.