Friday, February 28
Quad/Graphics CEO vows to keep fighting bulk mailing increases
Milwaukee Business Journal
Postal increase expected to hurt printers
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Amazon, Postal Service gear up to launch Sunday delivery in St. Louis
St Louis Post Dispatch
Thursday, February 27
Video: Milwaukee mail carrier attacked on route
WISN Milwaukee
Pasadena PO closed after employees complain of odor
Pasadena Star News
Gone postal: Staten Island mail worker allegedly attacks, threatens to kill supervisor
Staten Island Advance
Video: What Are The Weather Rules When It Comes To Delivering Mail?
postalnews blog
California: Arrest made in rash of mail thefts
Stockton Record
Mail truck tires slashed at California PO
Santa Barbara Noozhawk
Wednesday, February 26
Maine postal manager sentenced to probation for stealing drugs intended for veterans
Portland Press Herald
Video: How safe is the mail you drop in postal boxes?
postalnews blog
Video: Convicted criminals found working for USPS in North Carolina
postalnews blog
Tuesday, February 25
Video: Dallas carrier skips deliveries, marks mail “return to sender”
postalnews blog
USPS refutes IG claim that flat wage hampers retention
FierceGovernment
USPS reports $122 million operating profit in January
(Then PAEA magically turns it into a billion dollar loss...)
postalnews blog
postalnews blog
Stamp of Disapproval
Activists and union workers fight to stop the U.S. Postal Service from shedding buildings and jobs
In These Times
In These Times
Monday, February 24
Vandals target postal service mailboxes in New Mexico
KOAT Albuquerque
CBRE rejects OIG report slamming USPS for lack of ‘arm’s length’ real estate deals
Boston Business Journal
Video: Linns Monday Morning Brief Feb. 24, 2014
Linn's Stamp News via stamps.postalnews.com
US Needs to Pay Attention to Canada’s Delivery Decisions
Multichannel Merchant
Catalog Mailers Consider Strategies To Offset Hefty USPS Rate Increase
Retail Solutions Online
Online Buyer Sues USPS for Denying Insurance Claim
EcommerceBytes.com
An insider’s look at how the Postal Service decides what we stick on our envelopes
Watertown Daily Times
In reversal, Postal Service to keep Manasota FL P&DC
Bradenton Herald
Sunday, February 23
Postal Service’s Load Leveling plan hits a load of opposition
Save the Post Office
Editorial: U.S. Postal Service home delivery falls short
South Florida Sun Sentinel
NRLCA and USPS resolve dispute on Prepaid Event and piece credit during mail count
Ruralinfo Postal News
Saturday, February 22
Postal Officials Don't Know Whether the FSS Is Saving Money
Dead Tree Edition
Hollywood man arrested for mail theft after using master key
postalnews blog
USPS Denies It’s Making Letter Carriers Return Early to Avoid Paying Overtime
Government Executive
Video: Terrorizing turkey attacks mail carrier
postalnews blog
Top U.S. Postal Service Contractors List for FY 2013
postalnews blog
Friday, February 21
Push underway to restore mail processing in Lafayette LA
Baton Rouge Advocate
Worst winter has meant injuries for letter carriers
Bloomington IL Pantagraph
Police say Florida post office robbery was a hoax
Panama City News Herald
Mail delivery another victim of the storm
Chester NJ Observer-Tribune
Thursday, February 20
Postal Inspection Service Offers Reward For Yonkers Robbery
Yonkers Daily Voice
Wednesday, February 19
USPS tells its post offices: don't send local newspapers to the plant!
Aledo IL Times Record
Wisconsin postal worker sentenced for letter theft
WFXS Wausau
Standing up for the stamp (Even with the price increase)
Another price increase from the post office? No problem.
Boston Globe
Boston Globe
OIG warns of possible conflicts of interest in CBRE contract
postalnews blog
How Post Offices Can Provide an Alternative to Payday Lending
Huffington Post
Editorial: Get rid of USPS pre-funding requirement
Great Falls Tribune
Cluster boxes and other postal service tall tales
NALC President Fred Rolando in the South Florida Sun Sentinel
Tuesday, February 18
Connecticut postal worker arrested after argument. ‘shoving match’ with customer
New Haven Register
Longtime Alabama postal worker pleads guilty to theft charges
Birmingham News
Looking Past the Exigent Price Increase – Part 2
QuadGraphics blog
OIG White Paper: What America Wants and Needs From Its Postal Service
postalnews blog
USPS helps Philippines postal service rebuild after supertyphoon
postalnews blog
eBay and USPS Cast Doubts on Same Day Delivery Model
EcommerceBytes
Federal Investigation Begins into Series of Post Office Break-ins in Texas
BigCountryHomepage.com
Postal workers rally to keep mail processing in Norfolk VA
Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot
Monday, February 17
US Postal Service selling out workers and… America
Jim Hightower
Mailman who sold undelivered coupons on eBay sues JCPenney
New York Post
New Canaan CT still dealing with mobile post office in middle of winter
Save the Post Office
USPS Environmental Assessment on historic Stamford post office runs into problems
Save the Post Office
ID theft fears add to frustration of mailbox victims
Stockton Record
Sunday, February 16
Dismantling the Postal Service is the Wrong Way Forward
Delivering for America
Questions raised about post office closures and relocations in Houston
Save the Post Office
Sunday deliveries for Amazon sign of major changes for USPS
Springfield IL State Journal-Register
Saturday, February 15
USPS truck, van involved in crash in Jacksonville
WJXT TV Jacksonville
Residents of NY Town Pepper USPS Reps with Complaints and Questions
Philipstown.info
Postal cuts could take the heart out of Valentines VA
Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot
Asbestos Concerns Close Station in Santa Monica
Santa Monica, CA Patch
Friday, February 14
Video: Postal Service Gets ‘Licked’ by Ice Storm in South Carolina
postalnews blog
Why Is My Mail Delivered Now At 6 P.M.?
(Or Not At All In Snow?)
Hartford Courant
Hartford Courant
Wisconsin mailers not pleased with their Tea Party Senator
Portage Daily Register
Preservationists oppose change to USPS NEPA regulations on property disposal
Save the Post Office
Editorial: U.S. Postal Service continues to deliver results
Springfield IL State Journal-Register
Mail problems lead to staff changes in Boston
Jamaica Plain Gazette
Texas PMR pleads guilty to theft of postal funds
Longview News-Journal
Thursday, February 13
No, USPS payroll DIDN’T go up as staffing levels dropped
USA Today and the Asbury Park Press get their numbers wrong
postalnews blog
postalnews blog
USPS “blatantly” ignored the law by trying to sell Bronx PO
postalnews blog
California: USPS warns about cluster-box mail thefts
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Premature motion: PRC dismisses bid to view non-public Amazon docs
Save the Post Office
Connecticut postal supervisor charged with mail theft
postalnews blog
Wednesday, February 12
Video: Retired lawyer dies after package sent to home explodes
postalnews blog
IG says USPS should consider locality based pay
postalnews blog
Massachusetts rural carrier charged with larceny
SouthCoastToday.com
Video: Iowa letter carrier rescues elderly customer
postalnews blog
Tuesday, February 11
Video: Letter carrier is first to respond to California house fire
postalnews blog
West suburban Chicago residents sound off on postal delays
Chicago Tribune
HazMat situation at Victorville CA post office cleared
San Bernardino Sun
Some Billings residents not receiving mail due to inclement weather
KTVQ Billings, Montana
Video: One dead after package bomb explodes in Tennessee
postalnews blog
Obama's Partly to Blame for the Postal Service's Backward Ways
The New Republic
Akron man accused of biting mail carrier’s leg
Akron Beacon Journal
Monday, February 10
Collinsville IL post office mix up costs some customers thousands of dollars
The Metro Independent
Universal Postal Union loses objections to .mail top level domain name
Domain Name Wire
Indiana letter carriers cope with weather problems with proper gear; positive attitude
Huntington County TAB
Sunday, February 9
Postal service acknowledges problems with delivery in Utica NY
Utica Observer-Dispatch
Hawaii postal worker faces charges he stole gift cards from mail
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
The Senate puts the PRC in the backseat — or maybe not even in the car
Save the Post Office
The Secret Weapon at Christmas for the Post Office: Sundays
Wall Street Journal
Saturday, February 8
OIG: USPS “did not properly implement” failed same day delivery pilot
postalnews blog
Republicans and Democrats Push Senate Bill To Further The Destruction Of The USPS
New Hampshire Labor News
Does Staples deal jeopardize security of US mail?
Bay News 9 St Petersburg
Kentucky postal worker indicted on theft, drug dealing charges
postalcrime.com
Friday, February 7
USPS nets $1 billion from operations in first quarter
... then loses it all to congressional pre-funding mandate
postalnews blog
postalnews blog
USPS Agrees to Rate Rollback for Rural Alaska
Alaska Public Media
Senators Decide to Move Postal Reform Bill to the Senate Floor
Direct Marketing News
Postal Inspectors Investigating Theft of Mail at Post Office in Guam
Pacific News Center
Thursday, February 6
Senate committee passes S. 1486, 9 to 1
postalnews blog
see also Postcom's summary of today's hearing
see also Postcom's summary of today's hearing
USPS: Traditional mail popular with higher income households
postalnews blog
USPS FAQs for Service Standard Changes due to Load Leveling- the Annotated Version...
Intelisent Postal Affairs Blog
California psychologist sentenced in workers comp fraud
Defrauded USPS and other federal agencies
Associated Press
see also: California psychologist, 2 postal workers indicted in $1 million workers comp fraud
Associated Press
see also: California psychologist, 2 postal workers indicted in $1 million workers comp fraud
Wednesday, February 5
Montana postal workers braving the bitter cold
KAJ Kalispell
Post Office Banking Could Be the Start of Something Big
Huffington Post
Oak Park IL: Mail problems prompt public meeting
OakPark.com
Video: Florida man steals mail, PIN numbers from mailboxes
postalnews blog
Pittsburgh native's art inspires Love stamp
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Tuesday, February 4
Undelivered mail discovered in Western NY letter carrier’s apartment
postalnews blog
USPS to sell historic Topeka Post Office
Topeka Capital-Journal
Monday, February 3
Michigan letter carrier wears long pants for first time in ten years
Detroit Free Press
"Race to the Bottom": Staples Plucks Postal Jobs
truth-out.org
Petition to "Urge the USPS to set up a postal banking system for those who lack access to the commercial banking sytem
We the People: Your Voice in Our Government
Iowa postmaster calls it a career after 42 years
Sioux City Journal
Can it get much worse? The Senate tries postal reform, again
Save the Post Office
Snail mail accurate for some in South Hampton Roads
Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot
This stamp artist makes all of the postage do
Los Angeles Times
Sunday, February 2
The Postmaster General's Scandalous(?) Salary
Dead Tree Edition
Following the (USPS) money: CBRE CEO also serves on Board of Staples
Save the Post Office
Missing junk mail a tell-tale sign of identity theft
Ft Myers News-Press
Postal Service releases post office closure and suspension lists for 2013
Save the Post Office
Allentown woman fears mail was misdelivered and she'll never get it
Allentown Morning Call
Video: Rash of Central Texas post office burglaries up to 16
postalnews blog
Saturday, February 1
Coming to a Post Office Near You: Loans You Can Trust?
Senator Elizabeth Warren in The Huffington Post
Postal service does away with parcel post in Alaska
KYUK Public Radio
Mail Thieves Targeting Backcountry Greenwich CT
Greenwich Patch
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