A teddy bear arrives in the mail, and inspectors immediately suspect foul play. They open the package and see the bear has been split open and stitched back up, with narcotics stuffed inside its fluffy belly. Postal officials take the package to its destination, hoping to catch the drug dealer...
A 100 percent increase in the cost of shipping military care packages to troops abroad has outraged New Jersey nonprofit groups who send them. Several state and federal lawmakers also have joined in opposition and seek reversal of the U.S. Postal Service rate hike. Read the full article here....
U.S. Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-NJ) has taken a stand against unanticipated postal rate increases on behalf of non-profit organizations that send care packages to American service members deployed overseas. Rep. MacArthur sent two letters on Feb. 5 seeking solutions to United States Postal Service (USPS) rate increases, which his office said...
President Trump tweeted in December that the U.S. Postal Service isn’t charging Amazon enough to deliver merchandise. But it’s not Jeff Bezos who is getting the lowest rates. In fact, it’s a major economic competitor of the United States—China—that is getting a sweetheart deal from the USPS. Read the full article...
Three Queens congress members have called on the head of the U.S. Postal Service to address mail delivery problems in Queens. The officials, in a Jan. 23 letter addressed to Postmaster General Megan Brennan, listed a series of issues such as delivery delays, incorrectly delivered mail, package problems and poor customer...