Election Day is right around the corner. Like millions of Americans, I took advantage of my state’s push to receive a ballot in the mail. Instead of mailing it back, I deposited it in a drop box at the town hall. Not because I do not trust the U.S. Postal...
The Postal Service’s inspector general said operational changes implemented by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and agency executives this summer met legal requirements, but took issue with the execution of those plans, and determined they led to delays in mail delivery. The IG report released Tuesday took a closer look at three...
The U.S. Postal Service agreed Wednesday to reverse changes that slowed mail service nationwide, settling a lawsuit filed by Montana Gov. Steve Bullock during a pandemic that is expected to force many more people to vote by mail. The lawsuit filed against Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and the U.S. Postal Service...
The United States Postal Service filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) today of price changes to take effect Jan. 24, 2021. The proposed prices, approved by the Postal Service Board of Governors, would raise Mailing Services product prices approximately 1.8 percent for First-Class Mail and 1.5 percent for other categories....
Pandemic adaptations, new technology, business struggles, potential privatizations, and mystery seeds from China took up international postal headlines from July-September. These and other issues are examined in...
On at least one issue, most of Washington agrees: The Postal Service needs an intervention. A constellation of forces, including the 2008 recession and punishing retiree obligations, have pushed the agency to a point of financial distress for some time, inviting a flood of proposals for how to turn its trajectory...