Author: Steve Kearney

USPS wants to hike stamp prices in July. It’s just the beginning of a plan to raise prices at ‘an uncomfortable rate.’ Mike Snider USA TODAY The U.S. Postal Service is expected to increase prices in July, raising the cost of a Forever stamp from 58 cents to 60 cents. And that may not be…

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Management USPS Is Promising More Severe Price Hikes Even As Revenues Grow by Nearly $1B Postmaster General Louis DeJoy tells mailers to get used to “uncomfortable” rate increases as inflation is driving up the Postal Service’s costs. Erik Katz Senior Correspondent May 6, 2022 The U.S. Postal Service is pledging to continue…

Regulation New Law Takes 0.286% Off Postal Rate Hikes The NonProfit Times Tuesday | April 12th, 2022 The United States Postal Service (USPS) filed a letter at the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) that the retirement rate authority should go from 1.0714% to 0.785% with the passage of legislation. So, the Postal Reform Act of 2022…

USPS Predicts Profits a Day after Announcing July 2022 Rate Hike April 7, 2022 Ina Steiner A day after announcing higher costs for mailers beginning in July, the USPS said it should be able to reach “record net profit” beginning in 2024. The Postal Service said that since March of 2021, it had taken a…

Home News National First-class letter rate to hit 60 cents in July, U.S. Postal Service says Nonprofit mailer’s group says second rate increase in a year could hurt fundraising Business_Finance U.S. Postal Service In this Aug. 18, 2020, photo, mail delivery vehicles are parked outside a post office in Boys Town, Neb. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)…

As Biden Signs Postal Reform Into Law, USPS Announces a Huge Jump in Prices Stakeholders had hoped the legislative overhaul would help avoid another large rate hike. April 6, 2022 Postal Service The U.S. Postal Service is once again seeking to raise its rates by historically unusual amounts, announcing the increases on the same day…

Agency Oversight Biden signs USPS reform legislation into law, as agency seeks higher mail prices Jory Heckman@jheckmanWFED April 6, 2022 5:37 pm 7 min read        A long-awaited reform bill expected to save the Postal Service a total of $107 billion is now law. President Joe Biden signed the Postal Service Reform Act into law…

  Postal Updates PRC criticizes USPS for not meeting delivery standards Apr 5, 2022, 3 PM By Bill McAllister, Washington Correspondent The Postal Regulatory Commission has sharply criticized the United States Postal Service for failing to meet its own delivery standards and directed it to take corrective actions to offer better service on its primary…

Postal Updates Large USPS postal rate increases might lie ahead Mar 15, 2022, 2 PM Washington Postal Scene by Bill McAllister Fresh from securing a multimillion dollar relief package from Congress, is Postmaster General Louis DeJoy about to embark on a series of big postal rate increases? That’s what leaders of two of the largest…