The Postal Regulatory Commission urged caution on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s plan to lengthen the time for delivery of first-class mail from three days to five days.

The USPS says that package deliveries typically take two to nine days in the contiguous 48 states.

In a decision issued July 19, the commission endorsed the United States Postal Service’s higher prices on letters, advertising mail and publications.

This year’s pictorial postmark for Danish Viking Days, a celebration of the Danish roots of Viborg, S.D., is a shout-out to local businesses.

The U.S. Postal Service is discontinuing production of its flat-rate prepaid Priority Mail envelope franked with an imprinted postage stamp.

A San Juan, Puerto Rico, postmark commemorates 85 years since the birth of sculptor and printmaker Rafael Lopez del Campo.

DeJoy, who headed New Breed Logistics from 2003 to 2014, was well known in North Carolina as a major Republican Party financier before he became postmaster general.

The Postal Service’s historian issued a couple of papers marking the event, and the American Postal Workers Union held a webinar.

Postal officials did not comment on the lawsuit but have said the agency expects the new trucks will be deployed in 2023.

Presidential appointees to boards and commissions rarely get White House attention after their confirmations.

The festival, which took place June 11-13, offered attendees a one-of-a-kind experience of what life looked like at the time of the 1803-06 Lewis and Clark expedition.

The U.S. Postal Service is planning future news releases to mark the agency’s continuing efforts to improve service.

Under current standards, the USPS relies too heavily on air transportation, the Postal Service said.

The Washington Post, in a June 3 story, said FBI agents recently interviewed current and former employees of DeJoy, questioning “political contributions and company activities.”

With Hajjar’s confirmation, all nine presidentially appointed seats on the board are filled for the first time since Dec. 8, 2010.

The new machines are capable of scanning addresses and barcodes on parcels and routing them.

Invoking its new authority to seek higher stamp prices, the United States Postal Service proposed Friday, May 28, to boost the price of a first-class stamp by 3¢ to 58¢. The current rate is 55¢.

The United States Postal Inspection Service, the investigative branch of the USPS, acknowledged its participation in the clandestine program in late April.

The board of governors has not had all nine presidentially appointed seats filled since Dec. 8, 2010.

Postal officials have wanted new trucks for years, but financing such a massive investment has been a major obstacle.