Human composting law, water rate hikes, new service to PHL airport

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Delaware is the 10th state to legalize human composting, an alternative funerary practice

Human composting is officially legal in the First State, reports Krys’tal Griffin, making Delaware the 10th state to allow the alternative funerary practice. Here’s how Delaware legislators made it happen.

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