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Management Court Rules Postal Service’s Largest-Ever Stamp Price Increase Is Illegal Decision sparks confusion as USPS says it is weighing its legal options. September 13, 2019 Postal Service Eric Katz Senior Correspondent A federal court dealt a major blow to the U.S. Postal Service on Friday, ruling that the mailing agency’s five-cent price increase for…

Selected first-class rates could rise in January 2020 Aug 15, 2019, 4 PM Washington Postal Scene by Bill McAllister A major mail industry group is predicting that the United States Postal Service will soon propose increases of “a little over 2 percent” for some first-class mail, market mail and periodicals. The price for a single…

D.Eadward Tree‏ @DeadTreeEdition FollowingFollowing @DeadTreeEdition More “Why the ink is red for the U.S. Postal Service” – a breakdown of expert insights from a former #USPS exec: https://www.linns.com/news/us-stamps-postal-history/why-the-ink-is-red-for-the-u.s.-postal-service 6:15 PM – 14 Jun 2019

Why the ink is red for the U.S. Postal Service Jun 13, 2019, 1 PM U.S. Postal Service mailbox. Image courtesy of USPS. Washington Postal Scene by Bill McAllister Few former postal officials have as much experience as former executive Stephen M. Kearney. From running the United States stamp program to managing pricing and mail…

Alliance Study Examines Drivers of USPS Cost Growth June 10, 2019 An article in the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers’ June 5 Alliance Report dug into the current trend of USPS costs outrunning USPS revenues. The report’s findings revealed that the Postal Service may be doing things that an institution with financial challenges like those facing…

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NPT News & Articles Postal Report Pitches Eliminating Nonprofit Price Caps Postal Report Pitches Eliminating Nonprofit Price Caps  JANUARY 15, 2019       MARK HRYWNA A presidential task force has recommended doing away with price caps on mail products, among a number of suggestions included in a report to put the United States Postal Service (USPS) on…

Postal Updates USPS, unions, mailers react to task force report on mails Dec 18, 2018, 8 AM Cover of the Dec. 4 report created by the Task Force on the United States Postal System for its report at the behest of President Trump. By Michael Baadke In a statement published Dec. 4, the United States…