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Springfield mail facility to remain open; formal announcement today - The State Journal-Register

Springfield mail facility to remain open; formal announcement today
The State Journal-Register
A woman walks into the post office Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, on Cook Street. The facility is among nine in Illinois the postal service says must be closed or consolidated to cut costs, and the Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce has commissioned a ...

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USPS Announces ‘Modified Consolidation Plan’; Implementation to Begin This Summer, No Specifics Provided

The USPS notified the APWU [PDF] today, May 16, that it has developed a modified network...

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Towns fear postal cuts, being cut off - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

Towns fear postal cuts, being cut off
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
“We depend on this little post office. You know how some women go to the hair salon and talk? Well, we come here.” But that hub might soon be open less frequently. In an effort to save a half-billion dollars, the US Postal Service last week announced a ...

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Postal Service deadline for action by Congress passes - Southeast Missourian

Southeast Missourian
Postal Service deadline for action by Congress passes
Southeast Missourian
The Cape Girardeau center, with about 100 employees, was one of 220 set to close until the US Postal Service agreed to a moratorium on facility closures through Tuesday to allow Congress time to act on an alternative. But the day came and went without ...
mail facility closing details expected this weekThe Augusta Chronicle

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Augusta mail facilty closing details expected this week - The Augusta Chronicle

Augusta mail facilty closing details expected this week
The Augusta Chronicle
By Steve Crawford Details on the next step for closing the Augusta Mail Processing Facility are expected to come by the end of the week, US Postal Service officials said Tuesday. The Augusta closing is one of 223 planned across the nation, which Post ...

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Post offices share role in rural communities - Sentinel-Standard

Post offices share role in rural communities
Sentinel-Standard
Rather than shutter doors completely, the US Postal Service has announced a new strategy to offer limited window hours in less populated communities in an attempt to lower costs. By ROSEMARY HORVATH Kaye O'Donnell, owner of this town's barbershop, ...

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Small Towns React To Shortening of Post Office Hours - WKRC TV Cincinnati

Small Towns React To Shortening of Post Office Hours
WKRC TV Cincinnati
That's because the US Postal Service has dropped plans to close post offices in thousands of small towns to save money. Instead, the plan is to reduce hours of operation, and as Local 12 news reporter Jeff Hirsh found out, that's not going over too ...
Post office in Gilman facing cut in hoursNorwich Bulletin

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APNewsBreak: USPS halts closure of urban stations - Brisbane Times

APNewsBreak: USPS halts closure of urban stations
Brisbane Times
The US Postal Service said Monday it no longer plans to close 600 urban and suburban postal branch offices and satellite stations. The facilities in many cities serve as neighborhood post offices. The Postal Service announced last year that it was ...

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US Postal Service halts closure of urban stations - Springfield News Sun

ABC News
US Postal Service halts closure of urban stations
Springfield News Sun
The facilities in many cities serve as neighborhood post offices. The Postal Service announced last year that it was looking at closing up to 252 mail-processing centers and 3700 post offices, as part of a plan to save some $6.5 billion a year.
US Postal Service stalls closure of urban stationsThe Virginian-Pilot
APNewsBreak: Postal Service halts plan to close 600 urban and suburban stationsWashington Post
APNewsBreak: USPS halts closure of urban stationsSeattle Post Intelligencer
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Senator Carper Launches Web Page Tracking USPS Losses

Senator Carper (Delaware) has launched a new page at his official site that includes tracking and comment regarding losses by USPS. His page states…

As we learned this week, the Postal Service is moving forward with cutting hours at post offices and offering retirement incentives for some postal workers across the country. Rather than forcing the Postal Service to continue to rely on these sorts of piecemeal, stopgap measures to cut costs, Congress must work to enact comprehensive reform that provides the tools and resources the Postal Service needs to survive in the 21st Century. The Senate has done this. The ball is in the House’s court. Although the Postal Reform Act of 2011 was passed out of the relevant House committee in October 2011, leaders in the House of Representatives have yet to schedule a vote on the bill. The Senate, however, passed a bipartisan postal reform bill, the 21st Century Postal Service Act, on April 25, 2012.

With each day that the House fails to take action, the Postal Service loses $25 million. Further delays could accelerate an already deteriorating financial situation at the Postal Service that would threaten a mailing industry that employs over 8 million people and generates nearly $1 trillion in economic activity each year. Make no mistake, the Postal Service’s financial problems are dire, but they are solvable if Congress acts to pass comprehensive postal reform legislation.

The Postal Service’s Losses, By the Numbers

$6,500,000,000 Total FY 2012 Postal Service Losses So Far
$500,000,000 What New USPS Cost-Cutting Plan for Post Offices Saves in 1 Year
$25,000,000 What the Postal Service Loses Each Day
16 Days How Long it Currently Takes USPS to lose $500,000,000 – the same amount of savings announced in new USPS plan
$13,000,000,000+ Current Postal Service Debt to U.S. Treasury
143 Days Until USPS has to pay $11.1 billion for future retiree healthcare costs (as of 5/10)
15 Days Since the Senate Passed Comprehensive Postal Reform Legislation (as of 5/10)
211 Days Since the House Reported Its Postal Reform Bill Out of Committee (as of 5/10)
??? Days Until the House Takes Action on Postal Reform Legislation

Visit Senator Carper’s page for more information

Senator Carper Launches Web Page Tracking USPS Loses

Senator Carper (Delaware) has launched a new page at his official site that includes tracking and comment regarding loses by USPS. His page states…

As we learned this week, the Postal Service is moving forward with cutting hours at post offices and offering retirement incentives for some postal workers across the country. Rather than forcing the Postal Service to continue to rely on these sorts of piecemeal, stopgap measures to cut costs, Congress must work to enact comprehensive reform that provides the tools and resources the Postal Service needs to survive in the 21st Century. The Senate has done this. The ball is in the House’s court. Although the Postal Reform Act of 2011 was passed out of the relevant House committee in October 2011, leaders in the House of Representatives have yet to schedule a vote on the bill. The Senate, however, passed a bipartisan postal reform bill, the 21st Century Postal Service Act, on April 25, 2012.

With each day that the House fails to take action, the Postal Service loses $25 million. Further delays could accelerate an already deteriorating financial situation at the Postal Service that would threaten a mailing industry that employs over 8 million people and generates nearly $1 trillion in economic activity each year. Make no mistake, the Postal Service’s financial problems are dire, but they are solvable if Congress acts to pass comprehensive postal reform legislation.

The Postal Service’s Losses, By the Numbers

$6,500,000,000 Total FY 2012 Postal Service Losses So Far
$500,000,000 What New USPS Cost-Cutting Plan for Post Offices Saves in 1 Year
$25,000,000 What the Postal Service Loses Each Day
16 Days How Long it Currently Takes USPS to lose $500,000,000 – the same amount of savings announced in new USPS plan
$13,000,000,000+ Current Postal Service Debt to U.S. Treasury
143 Days Until USPS has to pay $11.1 billion for future retiree healthcare costs (as of 5/10)
15 Days Since the Senate Passed Comprehensive Postal Reform Legislation (as of 5/10)
211 Days Since the House Reported Its Postal Reform Bill Out of Committee (as of 5/10)
??? Days Until the House Takes Action on Postal Reform Legislation

Visit Senator Carper’s page for more information

Diagonal, Thayer post offices won't close under USPS's new strategy - Creston News Advertiser

Diagonal, Thayer post offices won't close under USPS's new strategy
Creston News Advertiser
By KYLE WILSON — CNA assistant managing editor kwilson@crestonnews.com Post offices in Diagonal and Thayer, that have faced closure since February 2011, received good news Wednesday when the US Postal Service (USPS) announced a new strategy that would ...

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USPS Halts Closure of 600 Urban Stations - ABC News

Watauga Democrat
USPS Halts Closure of 600 Urban Stations
ABC News
The US Postal Service said Monday its decision to halt the closing of more than 3700 post offices includes roughly 600 urban and suburban postal branch offices and satellite stations. The facilities in many cities serve as neighborhood post offices.
Post Office Closure Decision on the Horizon, Cost-Saving Plan PresentedPatch.com
Post office faces shorter hoursNatchez Democrat
The downtown Boone post office, built in 1938, will continue to retail ...Watauga Democrat
Bizjournals.com (blog)
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Iowans Rally to Keep Doors Open on Des Moines Post Office - KCRG

KCRG
Iowans Rally to Keep Doors Open on Des Moines Post Office
KCRG
The American Postal Workers Union and other organizations are planning the rally Monday at 11:30 am at the Capitol Square Post Office. The US Postal Service is planning to lift a moratorium on closing some facilities on Tuesday.

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House plans to delay action on postal reform, then take another vacation

.@USPS needs responsible legislative action to get out of the red: 1.usa.gov/IM4JKC #USPS #postal...

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Imperfect postal decision doesn't sit well with delegation - Great Falls Tribune

Imperfect postal decision doesn't sit well with delegation
Great Falls Tribune
One might think news would be greeted warmly that 80 rural post offices in Montana, and many others across the country, will not be closed after all. Instead, US Sens. Jon Tester and Max Baucus, both Democrats, replied that rural areas should not ...

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Letters: Free USPS from artificial financial burden - USA TODAY

USA TODAY
Letters: Free USPS from artificial financial burden
USA TODAY
Discussing postal unions' views about postal reform, your editorial had it backward. It stated, "Postal unions insist that the core business is fine, and that the post office's troubles stem entirely from an onerous requirement that it pre-fund retiree ...

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Munson: Post office news met with relief, skepticism - DesMoinesRegister.com

Munson: Post office news met with relief, skepticism
DesMoinesRegister.com
Were post offices truly snatched from the jaws of death last week when the United States Postal Service reversed course and announced that instead of closing 3700 mostly rural offices, it would slash hours of operation at 13000 of them — 572 in Iowa?

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Senator Schumer: The Buffalo Processing Facility Will Be Open For At least 3 Years

In Personal Conversation with the Postmaster General, Schumer Secures Commitment that Williams St. Processing Center For At Least Three Years, Preserving 700 Facility Jobs & Overnight Mail in Western NY Throughout Postal Reform Debate, Schumer Lobbied Postmaster General to Keep Buffalo Processing Facility Open, Which Could Have Closed As Early As May 15th Schumer: The [...]postal

Harris, residents share views on Postal Service - Delmarva Now

Harris, residents share views on Postal Service
Delmarva Now
QUANTICO -- On Saturday morning, as residents bought stamps and mailed packages in post offices throughout the Lower Shore, people gathered outside of two such locations to offer up different ways to protect the US Postal Service.

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