When Postmaster General Louis DeJoy takes office June 15, there are two big problems he will have to delve into: the financial health of the United States Postal Service and what’s behind the lower mailing rates that Amazon and other online firms have been granted. Two recent reports on these subjects...
The nation’s secretaries of state are about to face their most consequential moment in office. Just as the COVID-19 pandemic forced the nation’s governors to forge ad-hoc, science-driven responses in the absence of a national strategy, the same scenario is about to play out for the nation’s secretaries of state...
Earlier this week the United States Postal Service (USPS) announced that it has named Louis DeJoy as its 75th Postmaster General and CEO. Dejoy will be replacing Megan Brennan, whom has been serving in the position since 2015, and will take over on June 15. The incoming USPS chief will be the fifth...
The Postal Service on Friday estimated that a $10 billion loan guaranteed under the CARES Act would give the agency enough cash to operate through May 2021. That loan buys the agency more time to work with Congress on a long-term legislative fix to its struggling business model. The House, meanwhile, already passed a...
House Democratic leaders have resolved to push for $25 billion in funding for the U.S. Postal Service in the next coronavirus relief bill, Oversight Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney said Tuesday. “I do have a commitment … of $25 billion to keep the postal office running, which is under the jurisdiction of...