More Unwanted Attention: Maryland Crematory Shuttered After Horrific Discoveries
It’s been a tough few years for deathcare on the public relations front, with the worst of the bad actors initiating global scandals from Colorado and Georgia, even...
Laws & Regulations
President Carter’s Funeral Wasn’t the Only Deathcare News Making Headlines Last Week
The week-long celebration of the late Jimmy Carter’s 100-year-long life was certainly a fitting tribute to our country’s longest-living president — and it highlighted many of the meaningful...
“Death of Deathcare?” British Columbia’s Funeral Profession Is Facing Multiple Challenges
The deathcare business in the Canadian province of British Columbia has garnered more than its fair share of media attention over the last few weeks — and it’s...
3 Senators Are Finally Addressing the 70-Year-Old $255 Social Security Death Benefit
Deathcare may be a traditional profession that’s said to be slow to change, but it’s nothing compared to the decrepit pace of the Social Security death benefit. The...
Kentucky Funeral Director Fined $580,000 for Performing Hundreds of Illegal Cremations
A former funeral director and mayoral candidate associated with three funeral homes in Indiana and Kentucky has been fined $580,000 by the Office of the Kentucky Attorney General...
South Carolina Gets Tough on Deathcare; Should Other States Follow Suit?
Unlike most other industries, deathcare doesn’t like the spotlight. Why? Because it seems the press hardly ever presents a friendly focus on all the good to be found...
Wait … Did Maine and Minnesota Just Legalize Natural Organic Reduction?
Want to confuse the Google gods? Just search for “States where natural organic reduction is legal.” You’ll get a wide range of answers, with “six,” “seven,” and “eight”...