Jake Johnson, Common Dreams Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is facing backlash over his newly announced plan to hike postcard and stamp prices as part of his proposed 10-year overhaul of mail operations, a strategy that critics warn will further damage the Postal Service. Late last week, the USPS notified the …
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The Senate on Tuesday, by a 79-19 vote, passed a sweeping reform of the United States Postal Service (USPS) to eliminate much of its debt and restructure some of its operations. The bill, which was ten years in the making, is the first major overhaul of the mailing agency in …
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President Joe Biden has named two new nominees to serve on the Postal Service Board of Governors, replacing former President Donald Trump’s picks to help lead the agency. On Friday, Biden submitted to the Senate his latest nominees to serve on the board: former head of the General Services Administration …
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Twenty state Attorneys General on Friday filed a joint complaint in an effort to block changes to the United States Postal Service (USPS) enacted last week by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and which critics warn are an overt effort to undermine the mail service from within by slowing delivery times while …
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A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to hand over documents related to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy‘s potential conflicts of interest to a government watchdog group. U.S. District Judge John D. Bates granted Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) a full summary judgment and ordered …
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ON FRIDAY, the U.S. Postal Service(USPS) finalized a plan to slow some mail delivery standards as part of an effort to stabilize the struggling agency and reduce its growing debt. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy first proposed relaxing the current first-class letter delivery standard of one-to-three-days to a one-to-five-day benchmark in March. …
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