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01/19/2020 · KFOR Oklahoma News 4

New postmaster general could signal big changes to postal se...

The hunt is on for a new postmaster general, and some say whoever gets that job could have a big impact on how you get your mail. That’s because the Trump administration wants to sell off and privatize parts of the postal service. But some who are ...

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01/13/2020 · The American Prospect

Why Everyone Should Care Who the New Postmaster General Is

The United States Postal Service (USPS) finds itself at a crossroads between the Trump administration’s pres...

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01/09/2020 · LA Times

Column: The Postal Service is America’s most popular gover...

12/27/2019 · Fortune

USPS Could Privatize As Early As Next Year

The right to an inexpensive, public postal system in the United States has roots that go back further than most amendments recorded in the Bill of Rights. In 1775, Benjamin Franklin ran the post office and used it to sustain communications between a...

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11/27/2019 ·

Sign up for Turkey Talk

This time of year, a lot of people find themselves searching for topics that are “safe” to discuss with family members during Thanksgiving.

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11/14/2019 · Federal News Network

USPS begins search for new postmaster general

The Postal Service has begun its search for a new postmaster general at a time when the agency just marked its 13th straight year of net financial losses. The agency on Thursday reported an $8.8 billion net loss in FY 2019, an increase of nearly $5 b...

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10/17/2019 · Washington Post

Postmaster general who was target of Trump’s ire announces...

Trump has also mused about privatizing the Postal Service, an idea long floated by various conservative think tanks, according to current and former senior administration officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share private conversatio...

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10/16/2019 · USPS

United States Postal Service Announces Retirement of Postmas...

WASHINGTON — The United States Postal Service today announced that Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer, is retiring effective Jan. 31, 2020.

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09/21/2019 · The Lima News

Letter: Postal service in jeopardy

The United States Postal Service is in jeopardy. Since 2006, the postal service has been held back by a Congressionally mandated requirement to pre-fund its retirees’ healthcare benefits 70 years into the future—an obligation placed on virtually ...

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09/16/2019 ·

ACTION: Congress Members Support USPS Fairness Act

Email your member of Congress and ask them to cosponsor H.R. 2382, the USPS Fairness Act. This legislation would repeal, in full, the onerous prefunding of retiree health care benefits mandate Congress put in place in 2006. The mandate requires the ...

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