It is my understanding the U.S. postal service (USPS) was conceived by Benjamin Franklin as a service. It was not seen as a business expected to make a profit, or actually even pay for itself.

With the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) careening to financial insolvency, mail delivery taking far longer than it did in the 1970’s, and postal rate increases for the past four years outpacing the worst inflation in four decades, it is time for radical, holistic change.

This In Focus provides an overview of the board, including its statutory authorities, current members, and pending nominations.

It’s not unusual these days for mail to be delivered to individual recipients long after dark, something that seldom happened 2-3 years ago. On the processing side, 12-hour shifts are not uncommon, adding up to 60-hour work weeks.

Rafael Pozo, a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier, was wrapping up his shift earlier this month in northwest suburban Arlington Heights when he noticed something out of the ordinary: a burning garbage truck.

Through the centuries, New Year’s Day became a time for social gatherings and feasts, although it didn’t become a federal holiday in the United States until 1870.

A USPS employee has been accused of using stolen credit cards to make purchases at Academy stores in Webster and Houston, according to charging documents.

Forty-four years and over 5 million stops later, Wolff is heading out today in his Grumman Long Life Vehicle one last time.

All Postal Service facilities—including Headquarters in Washington, DC, and area and district administrative offices—are included in the National Day of Observance.

Another mail truck fire, this one in CT.  Happened on this past Sunday and no injuries to the carrier

Enactment of a bill to repeal the government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions caps efforts over several decades targeting those Social Security provisions that affect those retired—or who will retire—under the CSRS system, but there is uncertainty regarding the timing of the next steps.

It happened on Sunday. USPS claimed it was a minor electrical fire that was quickly put out by the local management team.