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Steiner says USPS needs revenue growth, not just cuts

November 24, 2025 The Associated Press

The U.S. Postal Service can’t fix its finances through cuts alone, Postmaster General David Steiner said Friday. Steiner said the 250-year-old agency needs to expand its revenue base to restore prominence in the nation’s delivery […]

Census Bureau to test using postal workers as census takers in 2030 field trials next year

October 3, 2025 Mike Schneider

The Census Bureau plans to use U.S. postal workers as census takers in at least two locations during field tests next year for the 2030 census, which will determine political power and federal funding. The […]

NC Fast Facts: USPS reassures voters on mail ballots

November 2, 2024 The Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. — The U.S. Postal Service has reopened all of its mail processing centers in areas of Florida and North Carolina hit by recent hurricanes, a top official said Wednesday in a briefing meant […]

Postal Service ready for flood of mail-in ballots, DeJoy insists

September 21, 2024 The Associated Press

In a letter released Monday, U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy assured state election officials that he’d work with them to handle their warnings of problems with election mail delivery during the primary season. He also […]

Postal Service pledges move to all-electric delivery fleet

December 20, 2022 Matthew Daly, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a major boost for President Joe Biden’s pledge to eliminate gas-powered vehicles from the sprawling federal fleet, the Postal Service said Tuesday it will sharply increase the number of electric-powered delivery […]

USPS doubles number of EV delivery trucks in initial order

April 1, 2022 David Sharp, Associated Press

One in five of the first batch of next-generation U.S. Postal Service delivery vehicles will be electric-powered, officials said Thursday. The Postal Service formally placed its initial $2.98 billion order for 50,000 vehicles with at […]

USPS gets final signoff to order new delivery vehicles

March 7, 2022 David Sharp, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Postal Service said last week it cleared the final regulatory hurdle to placing orders for next-generation mail vehicles — and getting some of them on delivery routes next year — […]

DeJoy plan aims to help stabilize USPS finances

March 24, 2021 Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Tuesday announced plans to slow mail delivery standards and cut hours at some post offices as part of a 10-year strategy to stabilize the struggling agency. Details of the long-awaited […]

US judge orders stop to Postal Service cuts

September 28, 2020 Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge in Philadelphia joined others Monday in ordering the U.S. Postal Service to halt recent cuts that critics say are causing mail delays and threatening the integrity of the presidential election. […]

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HILL: The archaic superfluousness of the United States Postal Service

August 25, 2020 Frank Hill

The U.S. Postal Service used to be essential to the normal functioning of the American Democratic Republic. It no longer is. It is an anachronism wrapped in obsolescence that should be in a museum due […]