Atlanta-area postal worker dies on the job
Atlanta-area postal worker Shannon Barnes collapsed on the job on Sunday, August 18 from a brain aneurysm and later died, after her co-workers were unable to call 911 in a…
2024 Election Mail and Political Mail Guide
The 2024 election season is underway, and the Postal Service™ is geared up for the elections, including numerous congressional, gubernatorial, state, and local races.
U.S. Postal Service Proposes Temporary Rate Changes for 2024 Holiday Shipping Season
The U.S. Postal Service filed notice today with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) regarding a temporary price change for some package services for the 2024 peak holiday season. This temporary…
Hoeven Statement on USPS Decision to Retain Local Mail Processing in Bismarck
BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) announced that the Bismarck mail processing facility will retain local originating and destinating…
USPS seeks to trim costs by offering less for more
Given the deteriorating levels of USPS service nationwide, these recent developments represent just the latest in an endless line of criticism directed at the embattled agency
U.S. Postal Service commemorates 250th anniversary of the First Continental Congress with a new Forever stamp
PHILADELPHIA — On this day 250 years ago, the foundation of American independence was laid when the First Continental Congress met at Carpenters’ Hall to determine how to safeguard the…
Postal Service cancels plans to downgrade large Charleston distribution and processing facility
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Postal Service has cancelled its decision to downgrade the large processing and distribution center in Charleston and shift most of its work to a facility…
SSA leaning into e-signatures as way to cut mountain of mail
SSA says 90% of the most commonly used forms by its customers now will offer the new e-signature capability.
‘Makes me proud’: Russell Fry, others attend grand opening of Longs post office after 2021 fire
LONGS, S.C. (WBTW) — The U.S. Postal Service hosted a grand opening on Wednesday for the Longs post office after a 2021 fire destroyed the old facility.
Three arrested in connection with mail carrier’s murder in Orland Park
ORLAND PARK, Ill. - Three people are behind bars in connection with a mail carrier's shooting death in southwest suburban Orland Park earlier this year.