Postal Service to Keep Saturday Mail Delivery
The U.S. Postal Service says it will delay plans to cut Saturday mail delivery because Congress isn't allowing the change.
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Most of Us Want the Post Office to Kill Saturday Delivery? Really?
According to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, 7 out of 10 Americans agree that the Postal Service should stop Saturday mail delivery in order to cut the Post Office's huge budget deficit. Just one problem, General: The savings won't be nearly enough.
USPS to Cut Saturday Mail Delivery to Trim Budget Shortfall
he U.S. Postal Service will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to deliver packages six days a week under a plan aimed at saving about $2 billion annually, the financially struggling agency says. The change will begin in August.
Postal Service Keeps Delivering Mail Through Hurricane Sandy
As Hurricane Sandy began tearing up the East Coast, thousands evacuated their homes, schools closed, and millions of businesses and government offices told their workers to stay home. But a few employers did not: the Supreme Court, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Home Depot, Lowe's, and the U.S. Postal Service.
Post Office vs. Amtrak: Which One Is More Wasteful?
For years now, the United States Postal Service has been the poster boy for government waste, but that organization may now be getting a run from another favorite target of government inefficiency: Amtrak.
Dead Letters: Post Office's Harsh Cuts Will Make Its Deficits Worse
If you ask the postmaster general, saving the Post Office will require shutting down one out of three post offices, laying off tens of thousands of postal workers, and ending Saturday mail delivery. Trouble is, he's wrong.
The Post Office's Plan: Worse Service, Higher Prices
The USPS is still running in the red, and facing an $18.2 billion annual deficit as early as 2015, The Postal Service's solution in a nutshell: Give customers worse service, and charge them more for it. Where have we heard this before? (Hint: the airline industry.)
How the Postal Service Cuts Will Affect You
When Postal Service cuts take effect this spring, it will not only slow mail delivery, but eliminate the possibility of first-class letters being delivered in a day. Here's what you need to know about the changes, and some tips to keep you from going postal.
Wall Street's Hurricane Irene Contingency Plan
When it comes to bold weather-related boasts, it's hard to beat the Post Office's unofficial motto: "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds." Yet even the USPS pales beside the standard set by the New York Stock Exchange.
How Consumers Can Bail Out the Post Office on the Big Banks' Dime
Do unwanted credit card solicitations clog your mailbox? Are you still steamed about the taxpayer bailout of big banks while ordinary Americans were losing their jobs and homes? Here's how to put those together to fuel a grassroots bailout of the Post Office.
