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Tarrant County Eyeing Ways To Cut Costs In Burials

Source: KTVT / KTXA

Tarrant County spent $440,000 this fiscal year for paupers' burials.   That's $50,000 less than they spent the previous year.  Still, County Commissioners are looking for ways to trim the budget.  One solution they're looking into? Cremation for every pauper's burial.

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