If you enjoy mailing letters or postcards, you may have to pay a little more to do so starting next year. The United States Postal Service filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission of mailing services Friday for price changes to take effect in 2024, the agency announced in a news release. The proposed...
Several notable global postal developments have occurred since July 1. Following extensive planning, the Universal Postal Union’s fourth Extraordinary Congress approved a suite of proposals to work with wider postal sector players. Brazil’s post inked a deal to sell products in Asia, and there were significant regulatory developments for posts...
Every postal worker knows it. Mail is changing. There are ever fewer letters and flats, and increasingly more packages. First-class mail, the main historic driver of postal revenues, has been significantly reduced with the advent of the internet. Fewer customers actually come into post offices to purchase stamps and other...
The Postal Service’s regulator is getting a bigger budget to oversee a nationwide shakeup of the USPS delivery network — just not as big of an increase as it expected. The USPS Board of Governors recently approved a $21.12 million budget for the Postal Regulatory Commission in fiscal 2024. USPS said...
PULLMAN, Wash. – A more efficient U.S. Postal Service can increase voter turnout in all states regardless of their mail voting laws, according to a Washington State University study. WSU researcher Michael Ritter analyzed election data from 2012 through 2020, when the pandemic encouraged many more people than usual to vote...