CNBC: President Trump isn’t the only one questioning the post office’s pricing strategy. UPS, the shipping giant, has been in a back-and-forth with Amazon in recent years over the post office’s cost structure, which has direct impact on how the Postal Service sets its package shipping prices, according to public documents filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC). In a … Read More
Downtown post office in Lufkin, Texas, closing temporarily, then relocating
Lufkin News: The Downtown Post Office in Lufkin, Texas, is only closing temporarily until an alternative site in close proximity to downtown is located, as the United States Postal Service doesn’t plan to renew the lease at the current location on East Lufkin Avenue, according to a USPS spokesman. Downtown Post Office box holders received a letter Tuesday stating that … Read More
East End post office in Richmond, VA, still shuttered after a year, and Postal Service has no timetable for reopening
Richmond Times-Dispatch: A year after the U.S. Postal Service shuttered the lone post office serving Richmond’s East End, the federal agency says it still does not have a target date for reopening the location. The post office at 414 N. 25th St. — known as East End Station — closed in early April 2017 for safety reasons as a result … Read More
Postal Service to relocate retail services in Hampstead, Maryland
Carroll County Times: The U.S. Postal Service announced plans Monday to relocate retail services currently at the Hampstead Post Office on Houck Avenue in Hampstead, Maryland. A new site has not yet been determined. The decision came after a community meeting and review of public feedback, according to a news release from USPS. “The Postal Service is relocating its retail … Read More
Talk about Fake News: How a flawed Citigroup analysis led to Trump’s bogus tweets about Amazon and the Postal Service
BY STEVE HUTKINS President Trump is continuing his Twitter attack on Amazon over its deal with the Postal Service. Yesterday Trump tweeted, “Only fools, or worse, are saying that our money losing Post Office makes money with Amazon. THEY LOSE A FORTUNE, and this will be changed. Also, our fully tax paying retailers are closing stores all over the country… … Read More
What Trump Is Getting Wrong About the Postal Service and Amazon
Government Executive: President Trump has taken a keen interest in the relationship between the U.S. Postal Service and Amazon, though the facts he has presented on it are likely incorrect and based upon faulty assumptions. The president has repeatedly fired off tweets castigating the federal mailing agency for maintaining what he views as a sweetheart deal to deliver packages for the … Read More
Trial Starts Monday on The U.S. Postal Service v. The City of Berkeley
Save the Berkeley Post Office: At 12 Noon on Monday, April 2, 2018, the lawsuit initiated by the United States Post Office and the United States Department of Justice against the City of Berkeley will come to trial. Back in August of 2016, the Feds initiated this suit in a challenge to the right of the City of Berkeley to … Read More
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