Legislative Updates
Walmart Maybe Can’t Sell Caskets in Georgia, Maybe Other States
At the Atlanta Casket Store on Glenwood Road, owner Wyatt Washington surveys the shifting landscape of the funeral industry since...
Read moreDetailsNFDA Supports ?Bereaved Consumer?s Bill of Rights Act of 2009?
This week, the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) sent a letter of support to Rep. Bobby L. Rush, D-Ill., for...
Read moreDetailsRhode Island Governor Vetoes Same-Sex Funeral Planning
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Angering gay rights supporters, Rhode Island Gov. Donald Carcieri Tuesday vetoed a bill that would give same-sex...
Read moreDetailsThe Cost of High Regulation – Guest Writer
Recently, I wrote about the high cost of living?a twist on the common phrase of the high cost of dying....
Read moreDetailsLawmaker Caught in Cemetery With Stripper
A US deputy assistant attorney general who said he was on his lunch break when an officer found him with...
Read moreDetailsLawmakers Reach Deal On Cemetery Reform
It's hard to look at the video of investigators at Burr Oak Cemetery inspecting graves in the wake of the...
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House Panel Oks Change to Veteran’s Burial Rights
A retroactive change in veterans burial rights that allows the biological or adoptive parents of some deceased service members to...
Read moreDetailsSCI Funeral Director Charged With Corpse Abuse
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A former funeral director is accused of a deeply disturbing crime. The district attorney says authorities uncovered...
Read moreDetailsFuneral Home Directors Lose Licenses over Plan to Sell Body Parts Without Consent
January 7, 2009 - Two Newark-area funeral directors agreed to turn in their mortuary science licenses after they were cited...
Read moreDetailsU.S. Rep. Bobby Rush Unveils The Bereaved Consumers Protection Act
U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush unveiled legislation today that would expand the powers of the federal government by creating a new...
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