Funeral homes

A Houston-area Army veteran's ongoing fight to obtain his funeral director license is yet another dispute that ex-Texas Funeral Service Commission staff point to as evidence of the agency's mismanagement.

Text messages obtained by KERA News show the presiding officer of the state's funeral regulation agency sharing an anti-Islam infographic and videos with the agency’s former executive director during the commission’s ongoing investigation into a North Texas mosque.

The Texas Funeral Service Commission on Wednesday nonsuited its lawsuit accusing two ex-staff attorneys of violating attorney-client privilege in the midst of an ongoing feud between fired staff and commission heads.

After interviews with KERA News about their firings from the Texas Funeral Service Commission, the regulatory agency is suing two ex-staff attorneys for allegedly violating their continuing obligation to keep details about the commission confidential.

Two attorneys recently fired from the state's funeral regulation agency say the Attorney General's office sent them cease-and-desist letters shortly after they spoke about their experiences with KERA News.

The Texas Funeral Service Commission fired staffers July 21 who are the latest to accuse the agency's presiding officer of unethical behavior and retaliation in connection with the firing of the commission's former executive director last month.

It opened the first mortuary science program in Texas in 1961. Now it is the only college in the country with a funeral home on campus.