Mail Price Increases Start Today: What to Know About USPS Changes

The postal service previously announced that priority mail would increase by 6.6 percent on January 18. Meanwhile, the ...

USPS says your mail might no longer get postmarked on the same day you post it

A change at the U.S. Postal Service could pose an issue for people who need to get bills, taxes and other mail postmarked by ...
Staten Island Advance

U.S. Postal Service makes changes to First-Class Mail; Here’s what you need to know

The U.S. Postal Service has made changes in the ways it delivers mail in an effort to streamline operations and drive down costs by tens of billions of dollars over the next decade. On July 1, the ...
USA Today

Whether by train, plane or dog sled, the US Postal Service has kept America connected

America’s Founding Fathers had the foresight to recognize that an efficient Postal Service would be an essential tool of democracy. Odds are they didn’t envision mailboxes stuffed with grocery ads, ...
Boston Herald

Postal service plans to open last-mile delivery network to more shippers in money-raising move

The U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday it intends to open its “last-mile” delivery network, the most expensive part of the shipping process, to large and small shippers, expanding beyond current ...
Government Executive

Postal Service hopes selling access to its final-leg delivery network will provide much-needed revenue

The U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday announced plans to expand access to its last-mile delivery network, which the new postmaster general hopes will provide a boon to the financially struggling agency ...
KCCI Des Moines

Iowa postal union warns against potential privatization of mail service

NOW. RIGHT NOW, THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE UNION IN IOWA IS RAISING THE ALARM OVER THE POSSIBILITY OF PRIVATIZING MAIL SERVICE. THE UNION IS RUNNING A NEW TELEVISION AD IN IOWA TO ALERT CUSTOMERS. KCCI ...