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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed two bills into law Friday that overhaul state oversight of the funeral home industry after a series of gruesome discoveries.

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Colorado governor signs bills regulating funeral homes after discovery of 190 rotting bodies

May 24, 2024 at 4:35 p.m.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed two bills into law Friday that overhaul state oversight of the funeral home industry after a series of gruesome discoveries.

Federal authorities have indicted the owners of a Colorado funeral home on criminal charges for fraudulently obtaining pandemic relief funds from the U.S. government. The husband and wife already face state charges of corpse abuse after 190 decaying bodies were discovered in their funeral home’s storage building last year. The new charges Monday against Jon and Carie Hallford underscore their alleged lies, money laundering, forgery and manipulation over the past four years that devastated grieving family members. U.S. Magistrate Judge Scott Varholak has scheduled a Thursday hearing to decide if the couple should remain in custody. The couple's attorneys say they should not be detained pending trial but a federal prosecutor says they're a flight risk.

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Owners of a Colorado funeral home where 190 decaying bodies were found are charged with COVID fraud

April 15, 2024 at 7:41 p.m.

Federal authorities have indicted the owners of a Colorado funeral home on criminal charges for fraudulently obtaining pandemic relief funds from the U.S. government. The husband and wife already face...

A new Harvard University study found that half of U.S. renters are paying nearly a third of their income on rent.

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A record number of Americans can’t afford their rent. Lawmakers are scrambling to help.

February 7, 2024 at 1:39 p.m.

A new Harvard University study found that half of U.S. renters are paying nearly a third of their income on rent.

An awful smell seeped from a neglected building in a small Colorado town for days, then police took a closer look at the funeral operator’s storage facility.

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Police found 115 bodies at Colorado ‘green’ funeral home while investigating putrid smells

October 9, 2023 at 8:40 p.m.

An awful smell seeped from a neglected building in a small Colorado town for days, then police took a closer look at the funeral operator’s storage facility.

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