Legislative Updates
Stopping Maryland’s Funeral Home Cartel?
From the Washington Examiner:A cartel of state-licensed funeral directors has been fleecing Maryland consumers to the tune of $800 per...
Read moreDetailsMilitary Base Likely Source of Explosives at a Cemetery
The mysterious military-grade explosives that were found in an East Village cemetery over the weekend are more than a dozen...
Read moreDetailsExplosives Found in New York Cemetery Cause Mystery
The New York City Marble Cemetery has long had an air of mystery. Practically hidden between apartment buildings and brownstones,...
Read moreDetailsCongress Passes Bill Allowing Parents to be Buried With Fallen Soldiers
A bill allowing parents of fallen soldiers to be buried with their children in any of the 131 national veterans'...
Read moreDetailsBurial at Sea Did Not Follow Federal Guidelines
A North Carolina man whose body resurfaced off the coast of Hollywood one day after a burial at sea had...
Read moreDetailsIndiana Funeral Director Faces 36 New Criminal Charges
Investigators recovered two human bodies and at least 10 animal carcasses in a building next to R.D Pyke Funeral Home...
Read moreDetailsFoxNews Says Government To Blame for High Funeral Prices?
Every day, federal, state and local governments stifle small businesses to privilege well-connected incumbent companies. It's a system of protectionism...
Read moreDetailsVeterans groups and lawmakers suggest that VA take over Arlington Cemetery
Veterans groups and members of Congress are questioning whether management of Arlington National Cemetery should be transferred from the Army...
Read moreDetailsMonks to Take On Supreme Court ? Slander Funeral Industry
In need of a new trade to make money for their monastery, the Benedictine monks of Saint Joseph Abbey in...
Read moreDetailsFuneral Scam Artist Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges
One of two women accused of staging fake funerals to defraud insurance companies out of nearly $1 million pleaded guilty...
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