Many food producers pivoted to online sales during the pandemic. Post office problems threw a wrench in their plans.

The Counter

Amazon shipping costs outpace sales growth as pandemic operating expenses soar

Supply Chain Dive

Raw video of mail backlog in Miami Dade PO

Twitter

Video of Piles of Mail at Miami-Dade Post Office Brings Up Concerns of Ballot Backup

NBC South Florida

Lakeland FL mail carrier pleads to cashing check taken from mailbox

Lakeland Ledger

Arrested at gunpoint for "Driving While Black"? San Rafael CA Police Dept Faces Civil Rights Lawsuit From Black Mail Carrier

KPIX San Francisco

US Postal Service won’t send Florida ballots to ‘far-flung’ sorting facilities: report

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Stop girdling the Post Office

Save the Post Office

UPS Package Volumes Swell, but U.S. Profits Shrink

Wall Street Journal

Congressmen Release Dismal Postal Data on Delivery Rates for First Class Mail

House Oversight Committee

Congressman protests ban on USPS facility tours

Linn's Stamp News

USPS Is Again Notifying Employees That DeJoy's Reforms Are Null and Void

Government Executive

Postal Worker Charged in Ballot Dumpster Incident, No Evidence of Political Motivation

Snopes

Judge orders USPS to reverse mail collection limits now

POLITICO

Postal Service says timely vote delivery isn’t a constitutional right

Bangor Daily News

Springfield MA Man Sentenced for Damaging Postal Vehicle and Stealing Mail

DOJ News

Update: Lawsuits against DeJoy, USPS & Trump over mail delays and election mail

Save the Post Office

Despite Struggling With Widespread Mail Delays, USPS Is Processing More Ballots On Time

Government Executive

The U.S. Postal Service Was Designed to Serve Democracy

Foreign Affairs

New scam uses fake US Postal Service money orders, gets victims to buy gift cards as ‘mystery shopper’

WNCN Raleigh

Should You FedEx Your Ballot? No.

New York Times

Feds Charge Kentucky Postal Worker With Destroying Mail

DOJ News

Mail delays, the election and the future of the US Postal Service: 5 questions answered

TheStreet

DeJoy’s 57 Varieties of Cost Cutting: What’s in the new OIG report—and what’s not?

Save the Post Office

Top postalnews.com stories of the week October 18-24

postalnews.com

Trump-damaged Postal Service still lagging in key states raising mail-in ballot concerns

MSNBC

Fearful calls flood election offices as Trump attacks mail-in voting, threatening participation in GOP strongholds

Washington Post

USPS boosts extra trips, returns mail processing machines to service

Reuters

USPS shares how mail-in ballots are delivered in unprecedented election | postalnews.com

KFSN Fresno

Postal Service to take ‘extraordinary efforts’ to find missing Indiana ballots

WISH TV Indianapolis

Austria's postal service issues 'corona stamp' printed on toilet paper

The Guardian

Postal Service awards $5 million contract to Postmaster DeJoy's former company XPO

CBS News

Judge orders Postal Service to restore high-speed mail sorting machines

TheHill

$35K reward offered after mail carrier robbed in North Hollywood

KABC Los Angeles

About 15,000 Wisconsinites, including postal workers, raise alarm about mail system

Wisconsin State Journal

Brooklyn congresswoman questions inspection service drug bust

Kings County Politics

The Law that Indebted the USPS Is Even Worse Than You Think

Vice

U.S. Postal Service has delivered more than 100 million ballots

Reuters

Postal Supervisor in Middletown CT Admits Stealing Packages

DOJ News

Postal Service Taking New ‘Extraordinary Measures’ To Speed Up Ballot Delivery For Election

Forbes

Wisconsin Postal Worker Charged with Misappropriating Funds & Faking Records

DOJ News

We mailed 64 letters, packages in battleground states to check on mail delays. Here’s what we found

USA Today

Are USPS transportation policies still causing mail delays?

Save the Post Office

NJ Postal Worker Admits Stealing Mail

DOJ News

Postal carrier veteran adjusts to COVID-19 mail delivery

The Chatham News Record

U.S. Postal Service still not sorting election mail fast enough, Michigan and other states say

Crains Detroit Business

USPS did not analyze how changes would affect mail delivery, watchdog says

CNNPolitics

Nearly 150 Las Vegas postal workers have had COVID-19

KLAS Las Vegas

Fact check: Photo of discarded mail is not ballots cast for Trump

USA Today

Stop Act deadline looms for U.S. Postal Service

Linn's Stamp News

The Post Office in a Decent Society

Save the Post Office

Cellphone videos show overflowing mailboxes in parts of DC and Montgomery County MD

Fox5 DC

Former Postal Worker Pleads Guilty to Role in Marijuana Conspiracy

DOJ News

Postal Worker Charged in Federal Court After Alleged Theft of Vote-by-Mail Ballot, Gift and Debit Cards, and Other Mail

DOJ News

2 New Jersey congressmen prevented from touring Kearny NJ Post Office sorting facility

News12 New Jersey

Lawmakers encourage people to vote; thank town clerks, postal workers

Daily Hampshire Gazette (MA)

Long before post offices became political flash points, this artist was photographing them

Washington Post

Postal workers really do not feel safe

Quartz

The Postal Service is Under Attack. Our Research Shows Who This Hurts Most

Union of Concerned Scientists

OPM Announces 2021 Health, Dental, and Vision Program Premiums

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Decision day going postal: Will mail-in ballots be delivered on time?

KCAU Sioux City IA

Holiday Crunch Starts Early With More Packages Than Means to Deliver Them

Wall Street Journal

Watchdog says DeJoy's delayed XPO divestiture will not absolve him of possible previous conflicts

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

Post office mural depicting slavery is covered

Washington Post

Top postalnews.com stories of the week October 11-17

postalnews.com

A New Agenda for Postal Reform

Save the Post Office

Snow, rain nor COVID-19 stops essential USPS carriers

KMGH Denver

Suspect allegedly steals USPS mail truck, leads police on chase through DC

WJLA Washington

Fred Segal launches limited-edition clothing line to support USPS: 'It is our way to say thank you'

Yahoo Life

Former USPS employee may face federal charges for tossing Louisville ballots

Louisville Courier Journal

U.S. Postal Service Benches Its Police Officers Before Election

Wall Street Journal

Louis DeJoy Forced To Divest From Former Company That Contracts With Postal Service

Forbes

St Louis mail handlers union official charged with embezzlement of labor union assets

DOJ News

Will There Be an End-of-Year Retirement Exodus?

Government Executive

USPS Delivering More Mail on Time After Walking Back DeJoy’s Reforms

Government Executive

The Speedy Mail-In Ballot Plan that Can Thwart Trump’s Election Power Grab

Washington Monthly

California Man Convicted of United States Postal Service Mail Bombing

DOJ News

Former Oregon Postal Worker Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Over 400 Mobile Phones Out of Packages in the Mail

DOJ News

Lehigh Valley residents ask, why did the mail come so late or not at all on Tuesday?

Allentown PA Morning Call

Postal workers are falsifying data to boost on-time delivery statistics, records show

Washington Post

USPS, already drowning in packages, now juggling Prime Day, holiday sales on top of ballots

Washington Post

Former North Carolina Postal Worker Pleads Guilty to Stealing Mail

DOJ News

Northern Michigan post office 'engulfed' in flames

The Detroit News

USPS resolves issue after photo shows mail-in ballots leaking from USPS box in Austin

KXAN Austin

USPS Inspector General Probes Change of Address Failure

Time

Video: How The U.S. Postal Service Fell Into A Financial Black Hole

CNBC

eBay Advises Sellers to Look at USPS Alternatives

EcommerceBytes

The flood of Amazon Prime Day packages won't delay your mail-in ballot

CNN

Federal Agents Raid Home Of Pittsburgh-Area Mail Carrier, Collect Bags Of Suspected Undelivered Mail

CBS Pittsburgh

Pitney Bowes, turning 100, shifts to ecommerce as its trusted postage meter recedes into the past

Hartford Courant

‘Everyday Hero’: Postal Carrier Helps Norwalk CA Man Who Cut Himself With Chainsaw

CBS LA

Top postalnews.com stories of the week October 4-10

postalnews.com

Postal workers pay tribute to employee killed in hit-and-run with a procession in Portsmouth VA

WVEC Hampton VA

Despite late deliveries this summer, local postal officials confident they will handle rush of mailed election ballots

Minneapolis Star-Tribune

USPS additional-ounce, postcard rates to go up in 2021

Linn's Stamp News

USPS performance dips as millions prepare to mail 2020 ballots

Washington Post

Louis DeJoy: Postmaster General donated nearly $700,000 to Trump's convention, new filings show

CNNPolitics

U.S. Postal Service Announces New Prices for 2021

USPS News

Report: U.S. Postal Service contract could mean $800M for Lordstown Motors

Mahoning Matters

Former Postal Worker Pleads Guilty to Disability Fraud after Failing to Disclose Side Job

DOJ News

Pennsylvania man faces charges over alleged scheme to defraud USPS

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

‘Seinfeld’: Wayne Knight’s Newman Blasts Trump For Disparaging Postal Service

Hollywood Reporter

USPS investigating after undelivered mail found in dumpster in Virginia Beach

WAVY Norfolk VA

Man arrested after unprovoked attack on postal worker had grievance against USPS, police say

KSAT San Antonio

Maine postal workers reassemble dismantled high-speed letter sorting machine

WMTW Poland Spring ME

Yes, Congress, The Postal Service is Essential—and Always Has Been!

National Association of Postal Supervisors

Texas gunman sentenced for shooting postal worker

DOJ News

Postal Service cuts are cutting into its law enforcement mission

TheHill

What's The Real Reason Behind The Post Office Removing Mercedes Badges From Its New Vans?

Jalopnik

New Jersey Postal Worker Arrested For Allegedly Dumping Mail, Including Election Ballots

CBS New York

New Jersey Postal Employee Arrested for Bank Fraud and Mail Theft

DOJ News

Postal facility with COVID cases investigated by OSHA in Las Vegas

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Florida healthcare union sues Postal Service over mail ballots

Tampa Bay Times

We mailed about 400 letters to test USPS in CT. Most arrived in a few days, but some never did.

CT Insider

Sen. Casey wants answers after learning some Lehigh Valley mail is stuck in Scranton

WFMZ Allentown PA

Here’s how USPS plans to restore on-time mail delivery

Federal News Network

USPS, NRLCA agree to allow regular rural carriers to deliver packages on Columbus Day holiday

NRLCA News

New Jersey Postal Worker Among 4 Men Arrested in Scheme to Steal Mail, Commit Credit Card Fraud

DOJ News

Mailbox break-ins reported at multiple Central Virginia post offices

WTVR Richmond

PAC Led by Postal Official Pours $20 Million Into Rescuing Tillis

New York Times

FDR took a personal interest in 5 Dutchess County NY post offices

Poughkeepsie Journal

Woman, 20, killed in collision with postal truck in Brooklyn

WPIX New York

Alaska elections office sends 81,681 ballots to post office for delivery

Anchorage Daily News

Biden Promises Cash Infusion, End of Prefunding Mandate for USPS

Government Executive

USPS delays in Detroit threaten mail-in voting confidence

Washington Post

Canada Post worker says employer not doing enough to keep them safe from COVID-19

CBC News

Sen. Markey, Congressman Neal advocate for more federal funding to postal workers

WWLP Springfield MA

Legislation Would Allow All Federal Employees to Carry Over Unused Leave

FedSmith.com

Charges Filed Against Pennsylvania Doctor and Medical Office Manager as Part of $6 Billion Nationwide Health Care Fraud Takedown

DOJ News

New York Physical Therapy Providers Settle Allegations of Health Care Fraud

DOJ News

Top postalnews.com stories of the week September 27-October 3

postalnews.com

USPS Defends Choice Not To Test Employees After Positive COVID-19 Case

Wisconsin Public Radio

‘Deceitful’: Postal union leader testifies that visiting U.S. congressman was duped during San Antonio post office visit

San Antonio Express News

Las Vegas postal workers see surge of COVID cases at central plant

Las Vegas Review-Journal

DC Residents Concerned After Mail-In Ballots Left Unsecured by Carrier

NBC Washington

TSP Funds Hit the Skids in September

Government Executive

Sorting machine removed from Waterloo, Iowa Post Office is returned

Waterloo Courier

The Postal Service Needs Fixing. Here’s How It Could Happen.

The New York Times

How the USPS Chooses Its Literary Stamps

Bookriot

Postal service ethics problems must be addressed

The Fulcrum

Do It Now: A Timeline of the Postal Service’s Work Hour Reduction Plan

Save the Post Office

Poll worker who received stranger's ballot says postal employee threatened him

WFTS Tampa Bay

NBC tests U.S. Postal Service speeds before election but finds little sign of improvement

Today

Facebook bans ads 'delegitimizing' postal voting

BBC News

‘Quiet Revolt’ Brewing at USPS as Postal Workers Defy Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s Mail Sabotage

Common Dreams

Update: Missouri Post Office locates 1200 missing absentee ballots

Sedalia Democrat

W.Va. official refutes Trump's debate lie about mailman "selling ballots"

Associated Press