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.

These are the articles you cared the most about this week

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.

Roy was on his mail route in Clayton when he saw a UPS truck veering off toward someone’s front yard. The driver passed out and was foaming at the mouth at the wheel.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) — A former South Bend postal carrier has been sentenced to 12 months probation after more than 5-thousand pieces of mail were recovered.

The three took turns until paramedics got there and took over. The National Institutes of Health recommends rescuers performing chest compressions rotate every two minutes or sooner to prevent fatigue.

The Postal Service generally improved its practices for timely hiring external applicants. From fiscal years (FY) 2021 to 2023, the Postal Service decreased nationwide average time to hire by 35 percent.