BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - It’s not clear when coroners in Louisiana began charging grieving families a fee for the permit needed to cremate their loved ones, but a new legal opinion clearly spells out ...

Several dozen bills waiting for New York Governor Kathy Hochul's signature were vetoed last week. One of those bills would eliminate a service fee for funeral directors to obtain electronic death ...

MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee County officials are moving forward with plans to pursue collections against funeral homes that owe tens of thousands of dollars to the county’s Medical Examiner’s Office. What ...

Milwaukee County says some funeral homes owe large unpaid fees to the Medical Examiner’s Office. Records show at least 18 funeral homes owe more than $25,000, with one owing over $500,000. County ...