Monday, December 31
Postal officials want to implement total curbside mail delivery
Salem (MO) News
Sunday, December 30
Adding ‘Headroom’ to the debt limit? Thank a postal worker!
NH Labor News
Outgoing Congress proves to be unproductive to the end
Washington Post
63 years late, U.S. Postal Service gets calendar to its destination
Hazleton PA Standard Speaker
Downtown Norwich CT post office goes up for sale
Norwich Bulletin
Saturday, December 29
Postal frustrations - Oil communities see service suffer
Minot Daily News
Postal Workers Braving the Snow to Deliver Mail
WEHT TV Henderson KY
Friday, December 28
USPS must pay for retirees now or later, GAO says
Government Executive
Mail stolen from Tampa-area neighborhoods returned
WFTS TV Tampa
Thursday, December 27
USPS still showing slight operating profit for FY 2013
postalnews blog
Video: Postal inspectors join Florida stolen mail investigation
postalnews blog
Grainger settles USPS/GSA contract dispute for $70 million
Press release
Video: Thieves Target Collection Boxes in Anchorage
KTVA Anchorage
USPS may start selling magazine subscriptions
Columbia Journalism Review
Wednesday, December 26
California letter carrier charged with stealing mail
San Mateo Daily Journal
Christmas packages held up by postal dysfunction
Tioga (ND) Tribune
Postal service workers deliver Christmas for needy family
KSNV Las Vegas
Tuesday, December 25
Good will, a mom's sympathy on carrier's Christmas Eve route
Lafayette IN Journal and Courier
Postal worker with multiple sclerosis likes a challenge
Longmont Times-Call
Missouri post office reports missing packages, blames FedEx
Maryville Daily Forum
Monday, December 24
Letter carriers brighten family's Christmas
WFMZ TV Allentown PA
Postal clerk makes sure letters to Santa get through
Monroe (WI) Times
Empty Stocking Fund helps two former postal workers
Athens GA Banner-Herald
Tiny Georgia town with holiday name draws postal deluge
Newnan GA Times-Herald
Charity mailings flood mailboxes
Lancaster (PA) Intelligencer journal
Sunday, December 23
Letter: USPS reps hold public meeting on PO changes, but can't answer public's questions
Topeka Capital Journal
Video: After 40 years, postal clerk has seen a lifetime of letters
postalnews blog
Saturday, December 22
Why sending Christmas cards is still worth it
Phoenix Business Journal
Careening Off the Fiscal Cliff Fix
Also: "Postal Relief Legislation — On Death Bed"
eNAPUS Legislative and Political Bulletin (.pdf file)
eNAPUS Legislative and Political Bulletin (.pdf file)
Letter: Postal worker came to the rescue
Peoria Journal Star
Opinion: Postal Service Throwing Good Money after Bad
Cameron Bellamy for the Association for Postal Commerce
Friday, December 21
Video: Stolen packages found during Tacoma traffic stop
postalnews blog
Postal carrier spots mobile home fire
Lincoln (NE) Journal Star Online
Thursday, December 20
USPS Uses Electronic Tracking Device In Mail Theft Sting
The Blog of LegalTimes
Fifteen FedEx employees charged with mail theft
postalnews blog
Holiday Crush
It's hustle and bustle — and long lines — at the busy Medford post office
Medford OR Mail Tribune.com
Medford OR Mail Tribune.com
Is Christmas City postmark dead or alive?
Officials say it's available; customers trying to get the coveted stamp find otherwise
Allentown Morning Call
Allentown Morning Call
Letter: Self-service at the post office
Gaithersburg MD Gazette
Ohio postal worker to plead guilty to mail theft
Associated Press
Release of 2013 Non-Bargaining Pay Schedules and NPA Update
postalnews blog
Dead Tree Edition's Biggest Stories of 2012, the Year of No
Dead Tree Edition
Wednesday, December 19
The Postal Service even delivers to … Indiana Jones?
Federal Times Blog
Fort Wayne post office robbed
Fort Wayne (IN) Journal Gazette
The Post Office and the Dollar Store: A Common Sense Holiday Tale
Huffington Post
Lawmakers say optimism is fading for postal reform measure this year
The Hill's On The Money
Tuesday, December 18
Maine island communities object to post office cuts
Bangor Daily News
Another mail truck bursts into flames
Fitchburg MA Sentinel & Enterprise
USPS establishes P.O. box for Newtown condolence letters
NBC Connecticut
Federal workers and retirees "Scrooged" again in fiscal cliff proposals
Federal News Radio
Monday, December 17
GOP fiscal cliff proposal would reduce federal pensions, social security benefits
Government Executive
658M holiday cards, packages make today USPS’s busiest
Palm Beach Post
Sunday, December 16
Four teens arrested for damage to postal boxes
Henderson NC Daily Dispatch
Christmas messages taking electronic route more often
Kingston NY Daily Freeman
Saturday, December 15
Chebeague Island baffled by plan to trim postal hours
Portland Press Herald
California postmaster’s "personal" policy on holding mail reversed
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Friday, December 14
Former corrections officer confesses to postal killings on tape shown to judge
Judge to decide whether taped confession will be admissible in trial
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Before his confession, defendant insisted he did not kill postal workers in Henning, Tenn.
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Vermont postal worker pleads guilty to embezzlement
Associated Press
Two men charged in burglaries at Oregon post offices
Eugene Register-Guard
Thursday, December 13
USPS reorganizes Marketing and Sales (again…)
postalnews blog
Letter carrier sues business owner after fall in icy parking lot
West Virginia Record
Empty P.O. Boxes at Upper Montclair NJ Post Office?
Clerks blame long lines at windows
Baristanet
Baristanet
Art Work at Dallas Museum of Art Featured in USPS Stamp Collection
postalnews blog
Wednesday, December 12
Defense lawyers want confession thrown out in post office killings
Associated Press
US Postal Service fails to deliver for Toys for Tots
Tampa Bay Times
Video: Mother accuses postal worker of pepper spraying child
postalnews blog
Illinois Postal Worker Shot While Delivering Mail
KPLR St Louis
FedEx Systematically Overcharged Customers for Years
FedEx exec: “My belief is that we are choosing not to fix this issue because it is worth so much money to FedEx”
Bloomberg
Bloomberg
Lance Armstrong resisted USPS subpoena, then kept inquiry secret
Sports Illustrated
Tuesday, December 11
The next surge in Afghanistan – holiday mail
postalnews blog
Trial starts for Indiana postal worker accused of benefits fraud
Gary Post Tribune
Video: Reports of missing mail in Tampa lead to USPS investigation
postalnews blog
Postal Service marks century of Letters to Santa program
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Feds Ponder Joining Suit Against Armstrong
Wall Street Journal
Monday, December 10
Man hanged himself at Carmi, Ill., post office
Evansville Courier & Press
Cheapest way to ship your package? Here's how to save
Christian Science Monitor
Something for nothing: Ships for free
Once a bonus, online retailers are paying the postage to make the sale.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Sunday, December 9
Postal Service Plans To Sell Magazine Subscriptions
Dead Tree Edition
Our post offices are not for sale
Radio interview with New Deal scholar Gray Brechin
Save the Post Office
Save the Post Office
Man charged in Connecticut post office robbery
Hartford Courant
Saturday, December 8
Officials: USPS’s advice for bulk mailers ‘ridiculous’
Bluefield WV Daily Telegraph
Friday, December 7
Postal workers are busy as elves answering children's letters to Santa
Dallas Morning News
Plans are revived for USPS move to South Boston
Boston Business Journal
Thursday, December 6
Snail mail goes high tech in Austin
McClatchy-Tribune Syndicate
Postal service changing for the better
Deputy PMG responds to Washington Times editorial
Protesters take “Save Post Office” demo to San Francisco
Berkeleyside
Is the Postal Service Like Greece?
Report from The Tax Foundation (a right-wing lobbying organization financed by Exxon Mobil and the Koch brothers)
Wednesday, December 5
POStPlan Staffing of 6 hour Postmaster Positions
National League of Postmasters
Georgia: NALC local treasurer official faces federal fraud charges
Athens Banner Herald
USPS pension surplus now worth $12.48 billion, says OIG
Post & Parcel
Tuesday, December 4
Online sales bolster deliveries for Postal Service, FedEx
Utica Observer-Dispatch
NALC President responds to NH newspaper's attack on USPS
Manchester Union Leader
Survey Finds Americans Support “Do Not Mail”
UC Berkeley School of Law
Burrus: Selective application of comparability
Burrus Journal
Monday, December 3
Contract carrier gets probation for opening mail
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Republican Supporter of 6-day Delivery Resigns from House to Become A Lobbyist
Courier Express and Postal Observer
A Complaint gives the PRC another crack at POStPlan
Save the Post Office
Western New York RCA pleads guilty to unemployment benefit fraud
postalnews blog
Sunday, December 2
Saturday, December 1
Letter: Don't blame postal clerks for problems with service
Wilkes Barre Citizens' Voice
Kemtucky: Carrier Accused of Mail Theft
WSAZ TV Charleston WV
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