As the labor market has tightened in recent years, many publishers have struggled to find private carriers for traditional home deliveries. By turning the job over to the Postal Service, publishers are able to take advantage of the organization’s ability to deliver to every address in the nation.

In a decidedly digital age, the modest postage stamp seems to be slowly vanishing from daily life—no longer ubiquitous in wallets or pocketbooks, useful but maybe not essential.

Alvin Gauthier said he found a few undelivered letters from a veteran during the time of World War II. Although he is trying to find the family to deliver them too, there’s a hiccup, the letters have no address except for Jacksonville, Arkansas.

Mail service issues are in the news every day.  Below are the latest articles I found.

LOS ANGELES – A San Gabriel Valley woman pleaded guilty today to defrauding the United States Postal Service (USPS) out of more than $150 million by using counterfeit postage to ship tens of millions of parcels.

Postal worker robberies and other mail thefts are becoming a daily event. These are the ones I found today.

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Today the Postal Regulatory Commission issued Order No. 7061 directing the Postal Service to either show cause within 20 days of the Commission’s order as to why an advisory opinion is not warranted for the recent initiatives being implemented under its Delivering for America Plan

The U.S. Postal Service is improving its hiring practices and onboarding employees more quickly, according to a new report, but is still struggling to recruit applicants for large swaths of positions across the country. 

By that measure, Alaska took the crown, with 76.70 average monthly searches per 100,000 people, 58% higher than the nation’s average of 48.27. Alaska was followed by Hawaii, Vermont, North Dakota, and North Carolina.

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to voting rules in Texas that automatically let senior citizens − but not younger people − vote by mail.

Mail service issues are in the news every day.  Below are the latest articles I found.