GEOFF MULVIHILL

State government reporter

Mulvihill covers topics on the agendas of state governments across the country. He has focused on abortion, gender issues and opioid litigation.
Purdue Pharma submits opioid lawsuit settlement plan, including up to $7 billion cash from Sacklers
 
Abortion-rights activists rally outside the Supreme Court, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Risks of state abortion reporting mandates outweigh the benefits, an advocacy group says
 
A banner advocating for eastern Oregon counties to leave the state and join Idaho is shown on the side of a store in Mitchell, Ore., May 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Claire Rush)
Red counties in blue Illinois and Oregon want to switch states. History suggests it’s a long shot
 
Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson, R-Andover, testifies during a committee hearing in favor of having state Supreme Court justices elected rather than having applicants for vacancies screened by a nominating commission and appointed by the governor, with no role for legislators, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kans. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
Republican lawmakers look for ways to weaken state judges
 
Antioch College student Ahri Morales-Yoon is photographed, Thursday, Feb.13, 2025, on the campus of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A bathroom law targeting transgender students prompts soul-searching for progressive Ohio colleges
 
Zoe Staires protests against the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, June 24, 2022, in Tulsa, Okla. (Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP, File)/Tulsa World via AP)
Once off the table, bills to charge women who get abortions with murder get votes before failing
 
Mifepristone tablets are seen in a Planned Parenthood clinic Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
What to know about proposals to ban abortion pills and punish women who seek abortion
 
Mellow, a transgender woman, poses for a portrait, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, outside of the Norfolk Circuit Court in Norfolk, Va., where she applied for a passport. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
The US stopped allowing passport gender marker changes. Here are some of the people affected
 
In this Dec. 28, 2007, file photo, Adam Piper, one of only four full-time staffers for Mike Huckabee's presidential campaign in South Carolina, answers calls and returns emails from the state campaign headquarters in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Brett Flashnick, File)
GOP state attorneys general campaign group brings back leader who resigned in aftermath of Jan. 6
 
President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Families and doctors sue over Trump’s order to halt funding for gender-affirming care
 
President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Things to know about how Trump’s policies target transgender people
 
Mifepristone tablets are seen in a Planned Parenthood clinic Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Arrest warrant issued for New York doctor indicted in Louisiana for prescribing abortion pill
 
President Donald Trump arrives to speak about the economy during an event at the Circa Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Trump order aims to end federal support for gender transitions for those under 19
 
The Purdue Pharma offices are seen, May 8, 2007, in Stamford, Conn. (AP Photo/Douglas Healey, File)
Purdue Pharma and owners to pay $7.4 billion in settlement of lawsuits over the toll of OxyContin
 
President Donald Trump signs an executive order regarding the southern border in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
What to know about President Donald Trump’s order targeting the rights of transgender people
 
President Donald Trump gives his inaugural address during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Pool)
Trump orders reflect his promises to roll back transgender protections and end DEI programs
 
People giving their first names Erika, left, and Leeann react after an abortion rights amendment to the Missouri constitution passed, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, at a watch party in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
What to know about abortion developments in the states and courts as Trump takes office
 
FILE - A patient prepares to take the first of two combination pills, mifepristone, for a medication abortion during a visit to a clinic in Kansas City, Kan., on, Oct. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
Texas judge says states can revive challenge to abortion pill access nationwide
 
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, Nov. 21, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, file)
Democratic attorneys general ask to defend health access for ‘Dreamers’ since Trump probably won’t
 
Members of the California National Guard listne during a news conference near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry along the border with Mexico, Dec. 5, 2024, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
States are preparing to help or thwart Trump’s second-term plans
 
People only giving there first names Erika, left, and Leeann react after an abortion rights amendment to the Missouri constitution passed, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, at a watch party in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
Abortions are up in the US. The data paints a complicated picture
 
Mifepristone tablets are seen in a Planned Parenthood clinic Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Abortion opponents shift focus to pills with lawsuits, proposed laws and possible federal action
 
Anti-abortion protesters gather for a news conference after Arizona abortion-rights supporters delivered more than 800,000 petition signatures to the state Capitol to get abortion rights on the November general election ballot, July 3, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
Arizona governor urges the state to stop collecting abortion data, citing patient privacy
 
Three members of the Women's March group protest in support of access to abortion medication outside the Federal Courthouse on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 in Amarillo, Texas. (AP Photo/David Erickson, File)
Texas’ abortion pill lawsuit against New York doctor marks new challenge to interstate telemedicine
 
OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy, Feb. 19, 2013 in Montpelier, Vt. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)
McKinsey & Company agrees to pay $650M for helping Purdue Pharma boost opioid sales
 
FILE - Local representatives and recovery advocates gather at the Raleigh County Courthouse in Beckley, W.Va. to select the southern West Virginia representative for the West Virginia First Foundation Board of Directors that will be responsible for distributing the lion's share of the over $1 billion collected by the state in opioid settlement money, on July 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham, File)
How should the opioid settlements be spent? Those hit hardest often don’t have a say
 
FILE - Advocates gather for a rally at the state Capitol complex in Nashville, Tenn., to oppose a series of bills that target the LGBTQ community, Feb. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Jonathan Mattise, File)
The Supreme Court will hear arguments over Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors
 
FILE - Mike DeWine speaks, Jan. 14, 2019, in Cedarville, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, Pool, File)
Ohio governor signs bill limiting bathroom use by transgender students
 
FILE - Democratic Washington gubernatorial candidate Attorney General Bob Ferguson speaks to supporters at the Washington State Democrats election night party on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
Democratic state leaders prepare for a tougher time countering Trump in his second term
 
Dr. Chelsea Daniels, who works in family medicine for Planned Parenthood, reacts after the defeat of Amendment 4, which would have enshrined abortion rights in the state, at a Yes On 4 campaign watch party on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Abortion rights amendment’s passage triggers new legal battle in Missouri
 
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