 Stephan Pryor, Governor Armando's Commerce Secretary, then candidate for Treasurer after that, is going to work in the private sector. An interim successor should be named very soon. It's a win in the war on opioids. The Health Department says opioid deaths in Rhode Island are down for the first time in four years, down 7.3% for 2023. In Rhode Island, down 3% nationally, with greater awareness and more action to fight the epidemic credited.