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News Articles: Postal Service

Mail delivery vehicles are parked outside a post office in Boys Town, Neb., on Aug. 18, 2020. The Postal Service said Tuesday it will sharply increase the number of electric-powered delivery trucks in its fleet and will go all-electric for new purchases starting in 2026.

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The Postal Service pledges to move to an all-electric delivery fleet

USPS says it will sharply increase the number of electric-powered delivery trucks — and will go all-electric for new purchases starting in 2026.

December 20, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
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  • National

Congress passes bill to shore up the Postal Service without cutting back on delivery

Congress mustered rare bipartisan support for the Postal Service package, dropping some of the more controversial proposals to settle on core ways to save the service and ensure its future operations.

March 09, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The U.S. Postal Service is now taking orders for the government's free at-home coronavirus test kits.

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The Postal Service is now taking orders for free COVID-19 test kits

The at-home tests are expected to be delivered by USPS later this month. The White House said the site is in "beta testing" and will be launched formally Wednesday.

January 18, 2022
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  • Brian Naylor
The price of a first-class stamp will go up 3 cents later in August to help pay for service changes.

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  • Politics

The Postal Service Presses Forward With Unpopular Plan To Slow Some Mail Delivery

New members of the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors expressed concerns with the plan, but it's moving ahead.

August 06, 2021
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  • Brian Naylor
The U.S. has more than 31,000 post offices, but a recent report found that 42% of them were not generating enough revenue to cover their expenses in 2019. Here's a post office in Mission, S.D.

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  • Politics

Roughly 40% Of Post Offices Operate In The Red. Could Banking Offer Them A Way Out?

Most post offices that don't meet their costs are in rural areas, but Congress has blocked them from being closed. Democrats like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez say postal banking might offer a solution.

May 01, 2021
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  • Brian Naylor
Tony King is among the postal carriers and delivery workers who have racked up untold over time during this holiday season.

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  • Economy

Macon Neighbors Declare A Holiday For Beloved, Essential Mail Carrier

Add “Tony King Day” to the list of celebrations this holiday season. 

That’s the holiday declared around the mail route Tony King works daily in Macon’s Ingleside neighborhood. In observance, it looked like about a dozen neighbors cheering a somewhat surprised mail carrier on his daily rounds.

December 21, 2020
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  • Grant Blankenship
A driver with FedEx carries a package away from a van in Seattle. A huge increase in online shopping this year has demand for package delivery exceeding capacity this holiday season and stretching the delivery supply chain thin.

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  • National

Dear Present Procrastinators: Ship That Holiday Gift, Now

If you haven't ordered gifts online yet, it may be too late to get them delivered by Christmas. More consumers are shopping online this year, and extra holiday demand is exceeding delivery capacity.

December 18, 2020
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  • David Schaper
The Postal Service says it has already handled 100 million election ballots this year.

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  • Politics

100 Million Ballots, But Experts Say 'Heaven And Earth' Being Moved For Election Mail

A record volume of election mail has moved through the U.S. Postal Service ahead of Election Day. And while there have been some delays, experts say voting by mail has gone relatively smoothly so far.

October 25, 2020
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  • Brian Naylor
A customer deposits mail into a U.S. Postal Service mail collection box this week in Burbank, Calif.

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Former Deputy Postmaster General: Changes Are Needed, But 'The Time Is Not Now'

Ron Stroman resigned shortly before Louis DeJoy took over the Postal Service. Stroman says that changes underway should be halted if their effect is to slow mail and disenfranchise voters.

August 20, 2020
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  • Peter Granitz
The U.S. Postal Service warned states in late July that it might not be able to deliver mail-in ballots in time to be counted. Amid a growing outcry from rural leaders, the agency's director has backed down from planned broad cuts and changes.

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  • National

Why Rural America Is Fighting The Trump Administration On The Post Office

The agency serves areas where private carriers won't go. And in those remote communities, which helped elect the president, the Postal Service can be seen as a lifeline as well as a human connection.

August 20, 2020
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  • Kirk Siegler
A group of protestors holds a demonstration in front of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's home in Greensboro, N.C. on Sunday. DeJoy has recently come under fire for changes made at the U.S. Postal Service that have delayed mail in advance of the November elections.

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  • Politics

Pelosi Calls Lawmakers Back To Block Postal Service Changes

Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling the House back to vote on blocking the U.S. Postal Service from making operational changes that threaten the timely delivery of mail-in ballots in November's election.

August 16, 2020
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  • James Doubek and
  • Matthew S. Schwartz
United States Postal Service carrier Henrietta Dixon gets into her truck to deliver mail in Philadelphia on May 6.

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  • National

A Brief History Of Political Interference In The U.S. Postal Service

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Winifred Gallagher, author of How the Post Office Created America, about political interference in the U.S. Postal Service.

August 16, 2020
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  • Christianna Silva
Erica Koesler of Los Angeles demonstrates outside a USPS post office as a postal worker walks by in the background on Saturday. The USPS has warned states coast to coast that it cannot guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November election will arrive in time to be counted, even if mailed by state deadlines.

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  • National

Democrats Warn Of 'Assault' On The Postal Service As Election Nears

Lawmakers worry that changes made by the new postmaster general will make it more difficult for people to vote in the presidential election.

August 16, 2020
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By:
  • Matthew S. Schwartz

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