Editorial: Protect mail center

House needs to follow Senate's lead on Postal Service reform measures
Buffalo News

Post Office is vital, hamstrung by Congress

Gales burg (IL) Planet

Editorial: Congress needs to fix the postal Service

"the current crisis ... has essentially been manufactured by Congress. So Congress needs to fix it. Now."
Philadelphia Daily News

Fact-checking the PMG's comments on health benefits

postalnews blog

U.S. Post Office Considering Shipping Beer, Wine, Alcohol

TIME

Jose Ferrer Honored on Forever Stamp

postalnews blog

The Case Against Consolidation: Rebuttal testimony challenges Network Rationalization

Save the Post Office

Postal report pads savings, underplays job losses if Butte center closes

Billings Gazette

PMG on post offices: “closure is a word we’ve never used”

postalnews blog

1940s airmail was pickup and delivery -- without landing

Zanesville Times Recorder

Royal Mail: Millions will stop sending letters and cards because of stamp price hike

The Telegraph

Guffey: Senate bill “a mixed bag”

APWU News

The Postal Reform Compromise Nobody Loves

Businessweek

S.1789 Is Unlikely To Save Overnight First Class Mail As We Know It

Courier Express and Postal Observer

Mailers Cautiously Laud Senate Postal Bill

Chief Marketer

It's not the Internet: The real reason the post office is struggling

The Underreported Story - Current

South Carolina Letter Carrier Saves Choking Woman

WSPA TV Spartanburg

The Nine Towns Study: The economic impact of post office closings on small places

Save the Post Office

$25 million daily USPS loss? More like $300 thousand!

99.2% of PMG's "daily loss" figure comes from PAEA
postalnews blog

Editorial: Handle with care

Barre Montpelier Times Argus

Bills that affect federal workers begin moving through Congress

Washington Post

Jonathan Smith Elected President of the NY Metro Area Postal Union

New York Amsterdam News

Carper calls on House to pass its own USPS "rescue" bill

WDEL Wilmington DE

Video- Postmaster General: “We Are Losing $25M Every Day”

postalnews blog

Ralph Nader Calls for PMG to Resign

postalnews blog

Text of S. 1789 as passed by the Senate

postalnews blog

New Hampshire letter carrier accused of spanking child

Manchester Union Leader

Consolidations on hold?

postalnews blog

Senate Postal Service Overhaul Shifts Attention to House

Bloomberg

Robbery of mail carrier in Tampa marks escalation in tax fraud schemes

Tampa Bay Times

Bernie Sanders on The Ed Show: Progress on Post Office debate?

MSNBC via postalnews blog

NALC disappointed, but determined, as Senate passes S. 1789

postalnews blog

Statements from the USPS Board of Governors and the Postmaster General

postalnews blog

League of Postmasters reaction to Senate passage of S.1789

postalnews blog

Senate OKs postal reform bill

Federal News Radio

As Senate passes bipartisan postal bill, Issa heckles from the sidelines

postalnews blog

Senate passes S.1789

postalnews blog

Letter carrier robbed at gunpoint in Tampa

Tampa Bay Times

Senate OKs Postal Service overhaul bill: What’s at stake for small businesses?

Washington Post

APWU Reaction to Senate vote on S. 1789

postalnews blog

Why Postal Reform Will Fail

Save the Post Office

Senate resumes consideration of postal reform bill at 2PM ET

postalnews blog

Montana woman dismayed at USPS loss of family's personal information

KPAX TV Missoula, Montana

Reid says postal bill shows Senate can 'do big things'

The Hill's Floor Action

First class mail gets a downgrade from eBay

Courier Express and Postal Observer

McCain opposes S.1789 because Twitter is like the railroads

postalnews blog

The Postal Service Is a Civic Institution, Not a Business

"Should the Post Office cease to exist, we will lose the last public guarantor of free communication in the United States."
The Atlantic

NALC Pres Rolando statement on Tuesday's vote on S. 1789

National Association of Letter Carriers

NAPUS: Senate Begins Consideration of Postal Bill — Then Takes Intermission

postalnews blog

Senate nears passage of bill to save Postal Service by slowing cuts, giving cash infusion

Washington Post

Senate debating amendments to S. 1789

postalnews blog

Matt Taibbi: Don't Let Business Lobbyists Kill the Post Office

Rolling Stone

APWU: Senate Set to Vote on Postal Reform

APWU News

The GAO report on post office closings: Congress gets what it asks for—more misinformation

Save the Post Office

Uncertainty surrounds future of postal legislation in Senate

Atlanta Journal Constitution

Massachusetts Postal Worker Pleads Guilty to Cocaine Trafficking in PO Dealing Case

Somerville, MA Patch

Postal workers wouldn’t be only ones hit by Senate bill

Washington Post

Postal Legislation: The Deals Continue

League of Postmasters

Senate Republicans would fire retirement eligible postal workers, eliminate unions

Government Executive

GOP senator says postal reform would put taxpayers on hook for $34B

(Note: this is the same Senator, Jeff Sessions, who thinks taxing millionaires is "pathetic")
The Hill

Killing the Messenger: The Downsizing and Death of the Postal Service

Huffington Post

Postal bill amendment seeks to cut backlog ahead of USPS retirement 'deluge'

Federal News Radio

NAPUS: Senate Red-Letter Day Tomorrow

postalnews blog

Postal Service Immortalizes Literary Giants

postalnews blog

APWU Wins Important FMLA Arbitration

APWU News

S.1789 Ends Use of Postage to Subsidize Federal Health Benefits

Courier Express and Postal Observer

Republicans manufacture a crisis for the Postal Service, and too many Democrats go along

Daily Kos

Postal Service prompts tricky votes in the Senate

Washington Post

Editorial: Rain, Snow, Sleet and Congress

"... the last thing the nation needs is another patented Congressional crisis over something as vital as mail delivery"
New York Times

The Senate does postal reform: An overview of S.1789

Save the Post Office

Postal workers' union vows to step up resistance to Royal Mail privatisation

The Guardian

Video: USPS mail truck flips over in Tampa

postalnews blog

Snail mail ads play role in digital age

Middletown NY Times Herald-Record

Postal Service's money troubles to spread Las Vegas-style mail delivery

Las Vegas Sun

Sony and the Postal Service

Courier Express and Postal Observer

Bill Would Address Federal and Postal Retirement Snafus

Dead Tree Edition

NRLCA: Separate Health Plan Proposed for Postal Retirees and Spouses

Ruralinfo.net

Video: Portland Rising V, Post Office rally April 17

postalnews blog

NAPUS: Senate Leaders Agree to Begin Voting on S.1789 Next Week

NAPUS

Postal Service Seeks to Widen Activities and Revenue

New York Times

Postal bill could bring hike in health premiums for federal workers

The Hill's Healthwatch

Sanders: The Post got everything wrong except the headline

How to save the Postal Service - The Washington Post

APWU: Senate to Debate, Vote on Postal Bill Starting April 23

APWU News

NALC: “Deeply flawed” S. 1789 set for vote on Tuesday, April 24

NALC News

USPS Unveils Self-Service Parcel Locker

postalnews blog

Senate Dems, GOP differ on saving USPS

The Hill's Floor Action

Florida fuel company under investigation for overcharging USPS

South Florida Business Journal

Nation’s Largest Single-Day Food Drive Set for May 12

postalnews blog

S1789 Does Not Fully Address Overfunding Problem in FERS

Courier Express and Postal Observer

Court backs regulator’s demand for USPS standard flats to cover costs

Post & Parcel

Reid anounces deal to consider 39 postal bill amendments

The Hill's Floor Action

How some senators would fix the Postal Service

Washington Post

Senate Leadership Reaches Agreement to Vote on Postal Bill

NAPUS

Editorial: P.O. Closings Are Inevitable

Wheeling News-Register

US Postal Service’s bold foray into email, 30 years ago

SmartPlanet

Senator tries to rid postal reform bill of language reducing workers’ comp

Government Executive

Reid: House postal reform bill 'unacceptable'

The Hill's Floor Action

Syracuse letter carrier pleads guilty to workers comp fraud

postalnews blog

Senate May Consider Amendments to Postal Bill

postalnews blog

Texas carrier sentenced for stealing pain drugs

Amarillo Globe-News

For Some, All Politics Is Postal

Roll Call

The Incredible Shrinking Postal Service

Federal News Radio

Video: Widow Of Postal Worker Killed On Duty Wants Justice, Policy Changes

postalnews blog

PRC halts Nevada postal station closure

Associated Press

GSA Scandal revives memories of lavish spending at USPS

Federal News Radio

Tester introduces measures to protect rural post offices, cut executive pay

Press release

How Network Rationalization speeds up Standard Mail and hastens the demise of First-Class

Save the Post Office

Video: Postal workers concerned by brash truck burglary

postalnews blog

NAPUS: Senate Postal Consideration Continues

NAPUS

At 92, postal worker still going strong

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Postal Workers Picket as Senate Begins Debate

postalnews blog

Reid cites seniors' love of junk mail to argue for postal reform bill

The Hill's Floor Action

USPS plans for workforce cuts as Senate takes up reform bill

Federal News Radio

Senator Collins revises history

postalnews blog

USPS closings making small businesses nervous

CNN Money

Video: GOP assault on postal workers

MSNBC via postalnews blog

Hundreds of Postal Workers and Allies Rally in Portland

postalnews blog

Rolando: “We don’t have to dismantle the Postal Service to save it”

postalnews blog

How the USPS Financial Problems Look from Overseas and the Advertising Biz

Courier Express and Postal Observer

North Carolina carrier airlifted after crash

New Bern Sun Journal

Hundreds of pieces of mail stolen in Florida robbery

WFTS TV Tampa

Sanders Says Postal Vote Small But Positive Step

Vermont Public Radio

Rand Paul's Egypt crusade threatens postal bill

POLITICO

Ex-Postal Service manager in Detroit sentenced to prison for bribery conviction

WDIV TV Detroit

Lieberman suggests possible future compromise on amendments to Postal Service bill

The Hill

Postal union report slams 'shrink to survive' proposals

The Hill's On The Money

USPS/NALC contract mediation efforts fail- next step arbitration

postalnews blog

S. 1789 passes cloture vote

postalnews blog

Senate begins debating future of U.S. Postal Service

Washington Post

S 1789 Substitute – Section by Section Analysis

postalnews blog

NAPUS: Senate Takes Up Bipartisan Postal Legislation

NAPUS via postalnews blog

Rural carrier placed on probation for stealing drugs from mail

Zanesville Times Recorder

S. 1789 to proceed to Senate Floor for Debate, Consideration, and a Eventually a Vote

postalnews blog

Mail Carriers Try Own Rescue

Raising Stamp Prices Is Central to Postal Union's Plan
Wall Street Journal

Postal staffers fear what future will deliver

Boston Globe

League: Senate may vote on S. 1789 this week

postalnews blog

APWU, retiree, sue USPS and Eagan ASC Manager for improper debt collection practices

APWU News

The Future of Parcel Delivery: One Hour Delivery Windows

Courier Express and Postal Observer

USPS ad review enters its second year

Adweek

Thinking of "Retiring" on Workers' Compensation Benefits? Think Twice!

Fedsmith.com

Postmaster General defends salary

KPAX TV Missoula, Montana

Small Business Owner: Eliminating Saturday postal service would hurt our competitive advantage

Washington Post

USPS closures would crush small shoemaker in competition with Amazon, Zappos

Washington Post

Postal Service consolidation, closings show business savvy

Washington Post

Congress guts USPS effectiveness

Asheville Citizen-Times

Mail drop: Social Security payments, other federal benefits, switching soon to direct deposit

Washington Post

Titanic anniversary: Family, veterans honor lost postal worker

White Plains Journal News

Postal chief hears firsthand small towns’ worry over cuts

Spokane Spokesman Review

It was sad when that great ship went down: The Postal Service heads for an iceberg

Save the Post Office

Video: Missing urn recovered from postal service limbo

KUSA TV Denver

Tax-deadline day not what it once was

Lancaster PA New Era

Man accused of punching postal worker in road rage incident

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Dallas mail-processing facility's fate unclear

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Start-up Wins First Skirmish in Digital Postal Fight Down Under

SYS-CON MEDIA

The end of Saturday mail is coming—and Friday mail might be next

Slate

Canada Post sues to keep ownership of postal code list

Toronto Sun

APWU: April 17 Plans Move Into High Gear

APWU News

APWU: 1,500 New Maintenance Jobs Identified

APWU News

'Wrong side' mail drivers push the envelope daily

Roanoke Times

'Profiteering' Royal Mail limits supply of stamps before price rise

The Guardian

Video: Iowa postal workers take on Senate bill

postalnews blog

Video: Grassley on postal reform bill- “We have to pass this”

postalnews blog

US letter carriers rally to "save America's postal service"

National Public Radio

Durbin: USPS can’t “cut its way to a solution”

postalnews blog

Every Vote Counts — Except When the Post Office Is on the Brink

East Bay Express (CA)

Postmaster general visits potential closure sites

CBS News

Carper Reacts to GAO Report on USPS Efforts to Consolidate Mail Processing Facilities

postalnews blog

Government Workers Are Unfairly Assailed

Former Senator Ted Kaufman for Huffington Post

GAO: USPS Mail Processing Network Exceeds What Is Needed for Declining Mail Volume

Government Accountability Office

Canada Post positioned for growing e-commerce business

New Vancouver plant part of $2 billion modernization program
postalnews blog

US regulators to streamline reviews of major changes at USPS

Post & Parcel

Video: “Gone Postal” Documentary Trailer

postalnews blog

Ex-postal service workers plead guilty to taking Walmart gift cards

Hattiesburg American

Minnesota HCR driver pleads guilty to felony mail theft

Austin Post Bulletin

Cherry blossom centennial stamp defies expectations

Washington Post

The Future of Regulated Mail, and Ecommerce Shipping

Practical eCommerce

Employee stops theft of postal pallets at business

Southgate (MI) News-Herald

Welcome to ‘Frooklny’!

The Brooklyn Paper

Amendment would provide public a chance to appeal building closures

Saginaw News

Video: APWU Public Outreach Campaign Continues

APWU News

Canada Post launches free online targeting tool for direct marketing

Press release

Connecticut postal worker sentenced for stealing, embezzling

Bridgeport News

Closings give new meaning to snail mail

Florence (AL) Times Daily

Can't fault unions for postal service woes

Fayetteville Observer

Saginaw protest planned as part of nationwide push to save USPS Saturday delivery, maintain services

Saginaw News

Minnesota mail carrier pleads guilty to stealing money from cards

KXLT TV Rochester MN

Video: Spokane postal workers rally against proposed cuts

postalnews blog

Appeals in vain: The long odds on success at the PRC

Save the Post Office

Editorial: Congress needs to deliver

"The fate of the U.S. Postal Service lies with a Congress that has done nothing"
Palm Beach Post

Closing mail facility in Huntsville will hurt service, officials say

Huntsville Times

USPS Letter Carriers to Protest Postal Legislation This Week

eCommerce Bytes

Post offices: Too important to be stamped out

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Video: What’s Bugging You? Not getting your mail

KABC Los Angeles

The great age of the Post Office is past, here and indeed all over the world

The Guardian

New Jersey carrier injured in crash

Gloucester County Times

Postal Employee Gets 1 Year in IRS Scam

Hartford Courant

Ex-postal worker pleads guilty to theft

Omaha World

Oakland Vehicle Services Manager Pleads Guilty To Fraud And Corruption Charges

postalnews blog

Baucus plans townhall meeting in Montana with PMG

Billings Gazette

NALC President Says S.1789 Lacks Vision, Won’t Solve USPS Problems

postalnews blog

Video: So, how many postal jobs are leaving Tulsa again?

postalnews blog

Massachusetts postal worker pleads guilty to drug trafficking

postalnews blog

The Ed Show: The Republican War on Postal Workers

MSNBC via postalnews blog

Interactive TV Not Likely To Brush Direct Mail Aside

MediaPost

USPS Honors UPS Store With 2012 Mail Innovation Award

Press release

PMG Named to Folio Magazine's "2012 FOLIO: 40"

"Our annual list of the industry's most innovative and distinguished professionals"
Folio Magazine (see also Dead Tree Edition)

FSS Machines Running Far More Slowly Than Planned

Dead Tree Edition (link corrected)

Letter carrier shot while delivering mail in North Carolina

... passing motorist may have fired pellet gun, official says
Fayetteville Observer

Crowd criticizes proposed closing of Manatee postal center

Sarasota Herald Tribune

Australia Post fails in court takedown of new rival

The Register

Introducing the New Click-N-Ship

Press release

Hidden cost of Postal Service cutbacks: $5 billion

CNN Money

Letter carrier leads police to suspect in rash of mail package thefts

Bergen Record

Australia Post Selects Pitney Bowes for Digital Mailbox Service

postalnews blog

Postal Service Racks up Big Bill for Unauthorized Overtime

National Journal

Does Postal Reform Boil Down to a Turf War?

ChiefMarketer.com

Ex-postal carrier given probation in mail thefts

Buffalo News

Editorial: Postal closures- It’s not too late for Congress to act

"Keeping our post offices open is an issue after all that most Americans can agree upon"
Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Daily Kos: Postal System for Sale? Please Say It Ain’t So.

Daily Kos

USPS expects Senate action on postal bill

Direct Marketing News

Judge throws out lawsuit againast NY Metro APWU leadership

NY Daily News

April 12 Demonstrations to stop S. 1789

NALC Legislation & Political Action

USPS officially announces GoPost pilot

Direct Marketing News

Burrus on rumors his "President Emeritus" title might be rescinded

Burrus Journal

Postal Service showcases new technology at Orlando trade show

Orlando Sentinel

National Postal Forum: Change or Die

Direct Marketing News

Shut Out at the National Postal Forum?

Multichannel Merchant Blog

NRLCA won't participate in the April 12th rallies against S. 1789

Ruralinfo.net

100 House Members Join Connolly, Young Letter on USPS reform

Press release

Postal self-serve centers to offer new postage choice

postalnews blog

Who Says It's Impossible to Fire a Federal Employee?

FedSmith.com

Forum: PMG Touts Importance of Innovation and Technology for Mailing Industry

postalnews blog

TransGuardian: FedEx and UPS Invoice Shock? Use USPS Instead!

Press release

Editorial: Skimp on CEO?

(Note: Advice on the PMG's compensation from a newspaper that apparently thinks Jack Potter is still PMG...)
Riverside CA Press-Enterprise

Now in progress: a push to keep (contract) post offices open

Federal Times

Video: They’re Trying to Privatize the Post Office

Letter carriers discuss the problems facing the USPS
postalnews blog

Video: Royal Mail shapes up for privatization by hiking prices 30%

Reuters

Dramatic photos of Florida LLV fire

NSBNEWS.net