Monday, March 31
Sunday, March 30
Chicago postal worker in critical condition after crash
Chicago Sun Times
Missouri postmaster on leave during probe of alleged rules violations
Southeast Missourian
Saturday, March 29
New Campaign and Improved Tools Target Unscheduled Absences
Postal Bulletin
North Andover residents say post office too slow
Lawrence (MA) Eagle Tribune
Friday, March 28
FMLA: Here We Go Again
Bush Keeps Trying to Chip Away at Workers’ Rights
APWU News
APWU News
NY Metro APWU local to join May Day war protest
Democrats.com
Wyoming: USPS will install cluster boxes in all new developments
Jackson Hole Star Tribune
Thursday, March 27
Pittsburgh letter carrier shot in holdup attempt
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Wednesday, March 26
Ex-letter carrier says he hid 18,000 items
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Tuesday, March 25
1-cent postage increase not likely to make waves
Daytona Beach News Journal
Stamp price hike needn't raise mailing costs
Chicago Tribune
Monday, March 24
Arkansas Man Crashes Into Post Office Twice in One Day
KAIT TV Jonesboro
Sunday, March 23
Residents Blame Post Office For Jail Time, Late Fees
KFOX TV El Paso
Funding shortfall causes Iowa post office closing
Washington (IA) Evening Journal
Saturday, March 22
National Level grievance filed on the 2008 mail count
Rural Carrier Updates blog
Keys, snow and poop: More than mail is collected
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Former Postal Worker Implicated In ID Theft Ring
WFOR TV Miami
Man attacked postal worker, cops say
Framingham (MA) MetroWest Daily News
Friday, March 21
Editorial: Removal of Stamp Machines A Bad Idea
Wheeling (WV) Intelligencer
Ex-Postal Manager Sentenced In Sex Assault Case
WCVB TV Boston
Tiny Harper, Iowa, fighting to save post office
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Ex-postal worker denies disability fraud charges
Billings Gazette
Thursday, March 20
Mail Carrier Accused Of Stealing Customer's Identity
WESH TV Orlando
Wednesday, March 19
Letter carrier charged with throwing away mail
He tells agents he couldn't keep up
Detroit Free Press
Detroit Free Press
Efforts to Block Junk Mail Slowed
Postal Service Argues Against Registries to State Lawmakers
Washington Post
(and read one letter writer's argument that banning "junk" mail is a security threat)
Washington Post
(and read one letter writer's argument that banning "junk" mail is a security threat)
Tuesday, March 18
Mail delivery doldrums: Makeshift boxes sprout up amid snowbanks
Laconia (NH) Citizen
USPS: No material in or on mailboxes without stamps
Lawrence (MA) Eagle Tribune
Postal Service seeks to detain TelAmerica's incoming mail
Company is accused of fraudulent solicitations
Dallas Business Journal
Dallas Business Journal
Monday, March 17
Commentary: Don't Go Postal
"Michigan and Florida Democrats are wise to steer clear of mail-in ballots."
Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal
Editorial: We pay the price for a postal policy
USPS "policy requires that Staten Island letter carriers go to full-service gas stations every other time they fill up the tanks of their vehicles"
Staten Island Advance
Staten Island Advance
Sunday, March 16
Spring Brings Hope for a Sunnier Shipping Climate
Logistics Today
USPS searching for 1,000 missing ballots in Florida election
Bay News 9 Tampa
Saturday, March 15
Police: Creative thief used change-of-address forms to steal IDs
KGW TV Portland (OR)
Friday, March 14
What Went Wrong with the Postal Rate Hike?
Nothing, says Time Inc.’s mail czar.
Folio
Folio
Postal Service offers free mail as publicity stunt
Associated Press
OIG: USPS wasted $17.8 million flying non-pref mail on FedEx
USPS OIG web site
Thursday, March 13
Church tells carrier to stop delivering messages from God
Springfield (MA) Republican
Blogs, e-mails land feds in trouble with Hatch Act
Federal Times
Postal system being blamed for late unemployment checks
Beckley (WV) Register-Herald
Wednesday, March 12
New Postal Shipping Rates Set
Associated Press
click here for the full text of the USPS notice of pricing changes
click here for the full text of the USPS notice of pricing changes
Postal worker charged in stealing Netflix DVDs
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Tuesday, March 11
Congressman introduces bill requiring USPS to provide stamp vending machines
Library of Congress
MSPB sustains removal of Tucson Plant Manager
Merit Systems Protection Board
MSPB rejects appeal in brain tumor case
Doctor says brain tumor led carrier to discard mail
Merit Systems Protection Board
Merit Systems Protection Board
Legislation would allow more feds to cash out sick leave at retirement
Government Executive
Monday, March 10
Mass mailers try to lick rising postal rates
Crain's Detroit Business
Sunday, March 9
Contractor carried mail and meth
Chico (CA) Enterprise Record
Saturday, March 8
Couple victimized hundreds by stealing mail from collection boxes
Houston Chronicle
P.O.'d at the P.O.
Jersey City wants branch open, and won't take 'no' for an answer
Jersey Journal
Jersey Journal
Postal Service relents; church sign can stay at coffee shop
The Oregonian
Friday, March 7
USPS to announce major shipping news March 11
USPS News Link
New Mexico postmaster sentenced for taking $16,000
Valencia County News-Bulletin
Teen pleads guilty in shooting of mail carrier
Omaha World-Herald
Mad as Hell!
Postcom's Gene Del Polito responds to direct mail's opponents
Postcom.org
Postcom.org
Health Costs: Bad News/Good News
Mike Causey's Federal Report
Thursday, March 6
Postal officials routinely OK requests to monitor mail
Indianapolis Star
Pedestrian struck and killed by postal truck in NYC
Associated Press
These Ads Send a Message — by Mail, Of Course
New York Times
Postal supervisor takes plea
Lockport (NY) Union-Sun & Journal
Wednesday, March 5
Tuesday, March 4
U.S. Economic Woes Hit USPS
also: Nanci Langley, Former Akaka Staff Member Nominated to PRC
eNAPUS Legislative Newsletter
eNAPUS Legislative Newsletter
$50K Reward Offered in North Carolina Post Office Robbery
WRAL TV Raleigh
Letter Carriers Slipping, Tripping in Ice and Snow
WBAY-TV Green Bay
Court rules demotion of supervisor was excessive punishment for timekeeping error
Appeals Court for the Federal Circuit
Postal worker pleads guilty to stealing cash from mail
Quad City (IA) Times
Three postal workers dividing $1M lottery prize
Charlotte Observer
Post-employment FAQ for former postal workers
USPS Keeping Posted.org
Monday, March 3
Aliso Viejo residents, officials address proposed postal facility
Orange County Register
Sunday, March 2
Dog attack: Mail carrier gets three new tires
Hanover (PA) Evening Sun
Saturday, March 1
Postal worker charged with witness tampering
Manchester (CT) Journal Inquirer
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