The Postal Service’s regulatory agency is in the final stretch of drafting an advisory opinion that, if favorable, would give USPS approval to slow first-class mail delivery standards. USPS officials told the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) on Wednesday its proposed changes would affect nearly 40% of first-class mail volume, and would...
If the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) pension and retiree health benefit plans really need to be funded separately from other government entities, this should be done properly. Otherwise, they should be returned to the government’s retirement program. And USPS’s overpayments should be returned to USPS. Instead, the nation has been left...
The United States Postal Service is accelerating the installation of new package-sorting machines in an effort to avoid another package backlog during the upcoming holiday mailing season. According to the USPS website, the new machines are replacing mail-sorting machines in some facilities as letter volume continues to plummet while parcel volume...
The U.S. Postal Service said it will raise rates on postage for letters, postcards and other mail services this summer as part of Postmaster Louis DeJoy's 10-year plan to overhaul the agency's flailing finances. The cost of a stamp for first-class mail will increase to 58 cents from its current...
The United States Postal Service is at an inflection point after a year of withering scrutiny and questions about the direction of the critical agency. Bipartisan legislation in the Senate, paired with the appointment of three new board members by President Biden, is giving the Postal Service a path to modernize...