The Postal Service is moving ahead with plans to consolidate the delivery operations of more than 200 post offices and other facilities into large, regional hubs. USPS management, in an Aug. 12 notice to postal unions, identified more than 200 “spoke offices” that would move their delivery operations to 21 regional...
The Biden administration is ceasing the delivery of free at-home coronavirus test kits via the U.S. Postal Service this week, creating uncertainty about how some communities will be able to access tests. “Ordering through this program will be suspended on Friday, September 2 because Congress hasn’t provided additional funding to replenish...
The phrase “freight broker” is rather boring, I will admit it. As snoozy as those words may make you feel, these brokers are key to making sure stuff gets on trucks and across the country. Since deregulation wrested trucking from the control of the federal government in 1980, freight brokerages have...
The U.S. Postal Service is reeling from inflation in ways its private sector competitors can avoid, according to a new report, due to restrictions on its investments, requirements of its labor agreements and limits on its rate increases. Two-thirds of USPS’ $82 billion in annual expenses goes to labor costs, and...
In March 2020, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Regarding the U.S. Postal Service, the CARES Act stated: …[I]f the Postal Service determines that, due to the COVID–19 emergency, the Postal Service will not be able to fund operating expenses without borrowing money — (1) the Postal Service may borrow money...