Did You Know? CDC/NIOSH Offers Free Death Certificate Coding Resources What’s not to love about free stuff … especially when it comes from the government? Recently, Hannah Free, MPH, a representative from the National Occupational Mortality Surveillance (NOMS) system team, reached out to Connecting Directors to request that we share […] Read More
Painkillers, Safari Rides, and Free Websites: A Conversation With Tukios’ Founder, Curtis Funk If you’ve been a member of the deathcare profession for any length of time, you’ve probably heard of Tukios. It’s one of those company names that you immediately recognize; after all, it’s most likely the only deathcare […] Read More
Free Urns & Funky Funeral Directors | 4M #126 Welcome to the hundred-and-twenty-sixth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #126, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations in the week ahead. Bon appetit! Wishing Washington luck If Washington’s Rep. Peter […] Read More
It’s back to regular IRS deadlines for California taxpayers this year, but with a new tool for many low- and moderate-income households: a service that will prepare and file their tax returns online for free. Starting later this year, taxpayers in California, Arizona, Nevada and nine other states will have […] Read More
As I pen this, we begin the second week of 2024. National Football playoff matchups are set, the first professional golf event is in the books. Washington vs. Michigan takes center stage for the NCAA football championship. (Go, Huskies!). It feels like winter in Southern California as temps dip into […] Read More
Kimmy Garris, who describes herself as a “fat solo traveler,” probably had no idea that her 30-second TikTok video was going to cause a sensation when she recorded herself in September politely asking a Southwest Airlines gate agent if she could avail herself of the airline’s “customer of size” policy. […] Read More
WASHINGTON — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is due to debate California Gov. Gavin Newsom later this week about whose state offers a better model for the country, is leading an “assault on free expression in Florida” that is “almost without peer in recent U.S. history,” a watchdog warned in a […] Read More
TEL AVIV — Israel and Hamas said they have agreed on a temporary truce that would suspend their 47-day war to allow the release of 50 women and children kidnapped by Hamas in exchange for a group of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. The move calls for a pause in fighting […] Read More
US households are now eligible to order an additional four at-home Covid-19 tests — free of cost — through the government. As of Monday, residential households in the US can submit an order through Covidtests.gov for four individual rapid antigen COVID-19 tests. Orders will start to ship on Nov. 27, according […] Read More
The Supreme Court said Friday it will hear an appeal from the National Rifle Association over comments made by a former New York state official who urged insurance companies and banks to discontinue their association with gun-promoting groups after the mass shooting at a school in Parkland, Florida. The high […] Read More
Death Doulas in a Battle for Free Speech If you’ve had the opportunity to worked with them, you know that death doulas traditionally fill the role of a guide, providing support and information to those preparing for either their own passing from this world or the passing of a loved […] Read More
The IRS said Tuesday it will test a free, electronic tax-filing system early next year in 13 states, with the agency estimating that hundreds of thousands of taxpayers will participate in the limited rollout. The tax agency earlier this year announced it was developing a free tax-filing tool as a […] Read More
Before epilepsy was understood to be a neurological condition, people believed it was caused by the moon, or by phlegm in the brain. They condemned seizures as evidence of witchcraft or demonic possession, and killed or castrated sufferers to prevent them from passing tainted blood to a new generation. Today […] Read More
In a home where the buffalo still roam, lived a feisty bison who often was first to the feeding trough. Named “Here Comes Trouble,” or simply “Trouble” for short, the 35-year-old, 2,000-pound bison lived her entire life at William S. Hart Regional Park in Newhall in a large enclosure with […] Read More
Built to Last: How to Breathe New Life into Cemeteries – Free Webinar When Cemeteries Lean Into Cremation, Consumers Win WHEELING, IL—Nearly 26% of U.S. households have human cremated remains in their homes according to the Cremation Association of North America’s 2022 Cremation Memorialization Research. That’s 21.9 million families with […] Read More
