NY’s Green-Wood Cemetery Announces Plans to Offer NOR in 2027
Brooklyn’s historic Green-Wood Cemetery — a 478-acre landscape of rolling hills, monumental stones, and nearly two centuries of New York City history — has announced plans to add...
Laws & Regulations
Not Again: 13 Decomposing Bodies Discovered in Unlicensed New York Funeral Home
It’s happened again. Authorities have found 13 bodies in various states of decomposition in a supposedly-shuttered funeral home run by a funeral director with a revoked license. Court...
A Tale of Two Plots (and Four Bodies)
Every deathcare professional understands that even the slightest error in any part of the disposition process — even a misspelled name on an inconsequential form — can tamper...
Indiana Death Doula Decision Clarifies Roles & Opens Up Opportunities
How would you define the term “funeral director?” Most people would probably use phrases like “someone who helps families with the celebration, disposition, and memorialization of a deceased...
Fabulous #14: New Jersey Governor Legalizes Natural Organic Reduction
It’s been 18 months since New Jersey Assemblyman Herb Conaway, Jr. introduced Bill A4085, which would legalize the process of natural organic reduction (NOR) in his state. During...
Investigation of Davis Mortuary Broadens; Owner Resigns His Coroner Post
It’s only been about three weeks since an inspection of Davis Mortuary in Pueblo, Colorado by the state’s Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) uncovered a concealed room full...
The Loved Ones Interment Act Could Correct 2024 VA Burial Reform
The Loved Ones Interment Act—a bipartisan legislative effort introduced by Rep. Julia Brownley (D‑CA) in September 2024 and reintroduced in June 2025—seeks to address a critical and emotionally...