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This Makes Cents: Yogi Berra Gets a Stamp Named in His Honor LITTLE FALLS, N.J.—Yogi Berra once said, “A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.” Well, neither are postage stamps. They cost 55 cents for a forever stamp, and that’s the price for the Yogi Berra stamp issued Thursday by the U.S. Postal Service. The stamp honoring the New York Yankees Hall of Famer and the man of endless philosophical musings was dedicated during a ceremony at the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center in Little Falls, New Jersey. The stamp is now being sold at post offices nationwide.

AP file photo Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has been a blight on the already-beleaguered U.S. Postal Service from the moment he took office a year ago this month. The Trump appointee slowed mail delivery during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, then — in a bid move to help his boss’s re-election changes — yanked mail sorting equipment and refused to seek federal funding to help the postal service deal with the deluge of Democratic-leaning mail-in ballots expected in last November’s presidential election. What followed was a disaster of delay, affecting both the election and Ch...

The FBI is investigating past political fundraising of USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, as volume increases for a vote for his ouster.

In theory, the new Democratic majority on the USPS board can oust Louis DeJoy. In practice, this may prove difficult.

U.S. Postal Service looks to raise first-class stamp to 58 cents Price hikes and service changes designed to reduce debt for beleaguered agency By Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press Published: May 29, 2021, 9:30pm Share: 2 Photos Stamps are attached to envelopes Friday, May 28, 2021, in Washington. The U.S. Postal Service is raising rates on first class stamps from 55 cents to 58 as part of a host of price hikes and service changes designed to reduce debt for the beleaguered agency. The changes, which will take effect on Aug. 29, include price hikes for first class mail, maga...