Category: Press

Regulation Postal Service Socking NPOs — Again The NonProfit Times Monday | October 17th, 2022 Nonprofits should get ready for another expensive hit from the United States Postal Service (USPS), the second during the past three months. The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers filed a Motion for Reconsideration with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), reacting to…

What will a U.S. forever stamp cost after Jan. 22? Sep 21, 2022, 10 AM The United States Postal Service plans to raise rates early next year. Forever stamps have a current postage value of 60¢. By Bill McAllister, Washington Correspondent A United States forever stamp sells for 60¢, but what will it cost after…

Regulation Postal Service To Hike Rates For Holiday Mailings Paul Clolery Monday | August 15th, 2022 It will cost more to send packages this holiday season in what the United States Postal Service (USPS) is calling a “temporary price adjustment.” While the official nonprofit rates will remain the same, package shipping for items from website sales…

  “Initiatives by stakeholders to delay the simplest of our operational changes to integrate our network, improve our service and reduce our cost are relics of our failed strategies of the past,” Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said recently. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Image   Management As Pressure Ramps Up Against USPS Reforms, DeJoy Asks Stakeholders to Fall in…

Supreme Court rejects challenge to higher USPS rates, but regulator review ongoing Jory Heckman@jheckmanWFED June 28, 2022 6:31 pm 6 min read        A challenge to the Postal Service’s authority to set market-dominant mail prices above the rate of inflation won’t get a hearing from the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court on Monday denied a…

Regulation Nonprofits Want Reporting Separate From Commercial Mailers Paul Clolery Tuesday | June 7th, 2022 The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers (ANM) has filed a request that the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) direct the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to report delivery service performance for Nonprofit Marketing Mail separately from commercial mail. And, when it comes to…

Commentary Postal Regulators Are Simply Not Doing Their Jobs Stephen Kearney Wednesday | June 1st, 2022 Can nonprofit mailers hang on for 2+ more years with massive rate hikes while United States Postal Service (USPS) tries to get its costs under control and the regulator tries to start regulating? Postage hikes will continue until USPS…

USPS Slammed Over This “Deeply Troubling” Mail Problem Kali Coleman June 1, 2022·5 min read Whether you’re looking to apply for a passport or you need to send off an absentee ballot to vote, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is a vital institution that provides essential services to people across the country. But the agency…

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…