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Postal service this year: Slower mail, higher prices? Postal carrier Josiah Morse heads out to deliver mail and packages, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Portland, Maine. The U.S. Postal Service's stretch of challenges didn't end with the November general election and tens of millions of mail-in votes. The pandemic-depleted workforce fell further into a hole during the holiday rush, leading to long hours and a mountain of delayed mail. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) Published February 13. 2021 12:05AM | Updated February 13. 2021 12:13AM Jacob Bogage and Hannah Denham, The Washington Post WASHINGTON...

Print article WASHINGTON - Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is preparing to put all first-class mail onto a single delivery track, according to two people briefed on his strategic plan for the U.S. Postal Service, a move that would mean slower and more costly delivery for both consumers and commercial mailers. DeJoy, with the backing of the agency’s bipartisan but Trump-appointed governing board, has discussed plans to eliminate a tier of first-class mail - letters, bills and other envelope-sized correspondence sent to a local address - designated for delivery in two days. Instead, all firs...

By DAVID SHARP and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON — A former labor leader and Obama administration official was elected Tuesday to serve as chai

Postal delays easing, but customers still complain of backlogs Updated Feb 11, 2021; Posted Feb 11, 2021 U.S. Postal Servce letter carrier Shannon Hottin walks her route along Commonwealth Avenue in Springfield on Feb. 9, 2021. (Don Treeger / The Republican) Facebook Share A customer told Denise Brown recently of her frustration. An order of new checks was way overdue. The company blamed the delay on the US Postal Service. That’s worrisome for Brown, owner of Gilbert’s Written Word Stationery Store in East Longmeadow, because she sells a lot of greeting cards. Greeting cards peopl...

A former labor leader and Obama administration official was elected Tuesday to serve as chair of the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors, marking the first step in a potential shakeup under President Joe Biden.