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Postal Service wants to raise prices of first-class mail again

Less than a year after raising the prices of Forever stamps, the U.S. Postal Service is hiking them up once again.

Tribune News Service

Six-days-a-week mail delivery saved; Biden signs Postal bill

President Joe Biden has signed into law plans for a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service

The Independent UK

Postal Inspectors Have Been Illegally Spying on Americans

The Post Office's inspector general uncovers unrestricted online snooping by postal cops without any legal authority.

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DeJoy may have new conflict of interest

Justice Department urged to investigate after watchdog group found DeJoy owns stock in Abbott Laboratories

Salon

Trump’s Favorite Postmaster Is Surviving Biden—and Maybe Even Saving the USPS

A lot of people thought Louis DeJoy would be shown the door. That’s only made his recent successes sweeter.

Businessweek

Biden budget calls for $10 billion over a decade to improve elections

Regular grants to states for election administration and staffing would be “transformative," according to Common Cause.

Roll Call

USPS Doubles EV Share Of Future Delivery Fleet To 10,019 Vehicles

Going forward, the US Postal Service says the program is designed to increase the mix of BEVs as financial resources become available.

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Postal Service doubles EV order in $2.98 billion vehicle purchase

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service announced Thursday it ordered more than 10,000 new electric delivery trucks, up from the 5,000 the agency had initially planned to purchase.

Tribune News Service

House Dems seek probe of USPS plan for new mail truck fleet

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are seeking an investigation into a U.S. Postal Service plan to replace its aging mail trucks with mostly gasoline-powered vehicles

The Independent UK

CON: Postal 'reform' bill doesn’t deliver for America

On March 8, the Senate passed the Postal Service Reform Act, joining the House of Representatives, which cleared the bill in February. And while there is a lot of talk about bipartisan cooperation in getting the measure passed and hype about what it means to the U.S. Postal Service, the…

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PRO: Repair of the Postal Service is within reach

Fixing a sabotaged institution is not always easy. In the case of the Postal Service, relief is imminent. The Postal Service Reform Act passed in the House and Senate with bipartisan support. President Joe Biden is expected to sign the bill into law in the next few days. All the…

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Senate clears Postal Service overhaul bill for Biden’s signature

WASHINGTON — The Senate passed the most significant overhaul of the troubled U.S. Postal Service in 16 years, with the goal of putting the agency on a sound financial footing after years of losses.

Tribune News Service

A California mail carrier allegedly beat a turkey to death. Was it self-defense?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California wildlife authorities and the U.S. Postal Service are investigating reports that a mail carrier beat a wild turkey to death in Sacramento County.

Tribune News Service

Postal Service invests in gas vehicles

The Postal Service's decision is a major blow to the Biden administration’s climate goals

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Unimpressed with post office banking trial, backers eye new initiative

Advocates of postal banking say a current trial is a dud and are eyeing a House appropriations bill that would set up a new test.

Tribune News Service

Plan to fix Postal Service shifts new retirees to Medicare — along with billions in costs

A congressional effort to fix the nation’s deteriorating mail service may come at the expense of an even bigger and more complicated problem: Medicare solvency.

Tribune News Service

Why the US Postal Service ended up with gas-guzzling trucks

The world is going wild for electric vehicles, but not the United States Postal Service. The agency said earlier this week it is moving forward with a plan to replace its current mail trucks with a new fleet powered almost entirely by internal combustion engines. The $6 billion contract with…

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Postal Service stands by plan for internal combustion engines - Roll Call

The Postal Service is planning a new delivery fleet dominated by internal combustion engines despite objections from environmental groups.

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The Independent UK

USPS gets final signoff to order new delivery vehicles

The U.S. Postal Service says it has cleared the final regulatory hurdle to placing orders for next-generation mail vehicles

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Postal Service seals deal for gasoline trucks, rejecting call for electric vehicles

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service has finalized a contract to replace its mail truck fleet with new Oshkosh Corp. models, almost all of them gasoline powered, after the Biden administration unsuccessfully lobbied for buying more electric vehicles.

The Independent UK

Two widely supported bills are encountering delays in the Senate

Tribune News Service

Sticking with gas-guzzlers over EVs could delay postal upgrade

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service is expected in coming days to reaffirm its plan to pay Oshkosh Corp. as much as $6 billion over 10 years to replace an aging fleet of red-white-and blue delivery vans with mostly gasoline-powered models instead of climate-friendly electric vehicles.

Tribune News Service

Timothy L. O'Brien: Congress may rescue the Postal Service from itself

The U.S. Postal Service is dysfunctional, timeworn, and hemorrhages billions of dollars a year. It’s also an essential operation that still knits communities together and helps major private carriers get their packages to doorsteps.

Chicago Sun-Times

Congress must do its part to make sure Postmaster DeJoy does his job

The Senate has failed to consider Biden’s nominees to the USPS Board of Governors, leaving it ill-equipped to hold DeJoy accountable and ensure quality mail service.

The Independent UK

House bill would ease budget strains on Postal Service

The House is close to approving a bipartisan bill that would lift onerous budget requirements that have helped push the Postal Service deeply into debt

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