The U.S. Postal Service said it will substantially increase the number of electric-powered vehicles it’s buying to replace its fleet of aging delivery trucks, after the Biden administration and environmental groups said the agency’s initial plan had too few electric vehicles and fell short of the administration’s climate change goals. Read...

Major staffing shortages are causing delays in USPS mail deliveries in multiple states, including Montana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Massachusetts. Neither rain, nor snow, nor heat, nor gloom of night is the longtime unofficial post office motto — but there's no mention of massive staffing shortages. Read the full article here....

The price of postage stamps will increase by 2 cents Sunday — unless you lock in current prices with Forever stamps. Why it matters: Prices on just about everything have increased with record-high inflation, but the U.S. Postal Service says its 6.5% increase is lower than the inflation rate and will...