POSTAL UPDATES
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Feb 12, 2020, 11:33 AMTrump 2021 budget calls for USPS pay cuts, greater use of private sector partners
The budget, released Feb. 10, calls for abolishing the Postal Service’s mailbox monopoly. -
Feb 11, 2020, 14:05 PMUSPS Express mail guarantee revoked for China over virus delays
The United States Postal Service attributed the temporary suspension to widespread airline cancellations and restrictions. -
Feb 7, 2020, 14:59 PMUSPS revenues slip for first quarter of 2020 fiscal year
Total revenues for the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 (Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 2019) fell to $19.4 billion. -
Feb 7, 2020, 10:54 AMHouse passes legislation to ease USPS debt burden
The Postal Service will still need more Congressional action to help the agency out of its ongoing financial crisis. -
Feb 6, 2020, 08:00 AMAPWU endorses Bernie Sanders for president
The American Postal Workers Union is backing Sanders for his opposition to efforts to privatize the United States Postal Service. -
Feb 4, 2020, 16:00 PMPostmark boasts ‘70 groovy years’ of winter festival
Tip-Up Town USA is an ice fishing festival in north central Michigan that occurs annually on the last two weekends in January. -
Jan 22, 2020, 09:02 AMNew five-year study paints grim picture for USPS
The report is designed to give Congress a hard look ahead on the Postal Service’s future, something legislative leaders have demanded from the agency. -
Jan 19, 2020, 08:30 AMDuluth, Minn., John Beargrease sled dog postmark gives paws
The marathon is the longest sled dog race in the lower 48 states and serves as a qualifier for Alaska’s Iditarod. -
Jan 14, 2020, 08:58 AMUSPS halts mail delivery to select military bases in Iraq
The suspension came at the request of the Department of Defense Military Postal Service Agency. -
Jan 13, 2020, 12:00 PMNew clearer U.S. sprayed-on postmarks found on mail
Many of the wreath postmarks and other recent pictorial markings have been very difficult to read. -
Jan 12, 2020, 12:00 PMUSPS plans for new mail delivery trucks to replace aging fleet
The USPS will review the truck manufacturers’ proposals and is expected to award production contracts this summer. -
Jan 6, 2020, 15:25 PMPMG Brennan to delay planned Jan. 31 retirement from USPS
The Postal Service’s board of governors, which will select the new postal chief, is conducting a search for Brennan’s replacement. -
Dec 21, 2019, 16:00 PMAngel postmark prepared for annual live Nativity production
The United States Postal Service has extended this postmark for 30 days. -
Dec 20, 2019, 09:27 AMHappy Holidays postmark in use through Jan. 4
The simple design shows a Christmas wreath with the phrase “Happy Holidays.” -
Dec 11, 2019, 08:00 AMPRC proposes giving USPS greater freedom to raise stamp prices
The new proposal reflects the commission’s concerns that the USPS needs some escape from a 2006 price cap that has limited annual stamp price increases to the rate of inflation. -
Dec 10, 2019, 13:49 PMSenate confirms Duncan for second term on Postal Service’s board of governors
The postal board only regained its quorum (five board members) in August after lacking one since 2014. -
Dec 9, 2019, 08:00 AMAll I want for Christmas is a holiday postmark
The holidays are in full swing, which means it’s time to acquire the season’s postmarks. -
Dec 6, 2019, 07:00 AMUSPS offering Healing PTSD pictorial postmarks for first-day covers
The postmarks will feature on first-day covers prepared and sold by the Postal Service. -
Nov 14, 2019, 14:57 PMPostal Service records $8.8 billion loss for fiscal 2019
On a more positive note, the Postal Service's board of governors said a fond farewell to Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan, who is retiring January 31. -
Nov 14, 2019, 13:55 PMPostal Regulatory Commission rejects Postal Service’s planned 2020 rate increases
When the Postal Service announced the new rates on Oct. 9, it did not spell out the first-class rates that would be increased.
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