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The Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives has urged Congress to oppose dramatic increases in postal rates, warning that they could have an adverse effect on electric cooperatives and the members they serve.
 In a letter to members of the Virginia and Maryland congressional delegations, VMDAEC President and CEO Richard G. Johnstone Jr. said planned increases of 6% to 8.5% represent a substantial burden in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic crisis.Â
The U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors is scheduled to decide on the increases later this month. The new rates would take effect this summer and are in addition to a 1.5% increase that took effect on Jan. 24.Â
USPSâs DeJoy Gives Himself an âAâ and Asks for More Funds to Further Slow Mail
U.S. Postal Service Postmaster General Louis DeJoy departs following a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on February 24, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
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Handing congressional Democrats additional reasons to demand his removal, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Thursday asked House appropriators for more money to implement his forthcoming plan to further slow mail delivery and gave himself an âAâ grade for his performance thus far at the U.S. Postal Service â a nearly nine-month tenure that has been marked by scandal and nationwide package delays.
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Handing congressional Democrats additional reasons to demand his removal, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Thursday asked House appropriators for more money to implement his forthcoming plan to further slow mail delivery and gave himself an A grade for his performance thus far at the U.S. Postal Service a nearly nine-month tenure that has been marked by scandal and nationwide package delays. I would give myself an A for bringing strategy and planning and effort to here, DeJoy said when pressed by Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., to assign a letter grade to his job performance. The postmaster general continues to resist calls to resign over the sharp and persistent mail slowdowns that followed his rollout of major operational changes last year.
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ESTES PARK, Colo., March 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ With rich purples, browns, reds and black on a square field, the cleverness of the Colorado hairstreak butterfly is featured by the U.S. Postal Service on a stamp dedicated today during a virtual ceremony.
The new stamp is now being sold at Post Office locations nationwide and online at
A New Stamp for Square Cards: the Colorado Hairstreak The Colorado hairstreak butterfly is not only a beautiful creature, it is the state insect for Colorado, said dedicating official, William D. Zollars, a member of the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors. This stamp is the eighth in the butterfly series, developed in partnership with the greeting card industry specifically for oversize or square envelopes and other mail of nonstandard shapes and sizes.