PITTSBURG, Kan. — Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced Wednesday that Kansas is one of several states that have proposed a $26 billion settlement with four major drug companies to resolve claims by thousands of governmental entities nationwide related to the opioid crisis, although local governments still have to sign off on the deal. The companies involved are pharmaceutical distributors Cardinal Health Inc., McKesson Corporation and AmerisourceBergen Corporation, as well as drug manufacturer Johnson & Johnson. “In addition to financial terms, the distributors have also agreed to changes in the pharmaceutical industry to help prevent a similar prescription-drug crisis from happening again,” Schmidt’s office said in a press release.