July 31, 2024
- Cincinnati man who robbed letter carrier at gunpoint sentenced to 90 months in prison – PEN
- Merkley: PMG’s ‘Delaying Mail for America’ – PEN
- USPS Board of Governors – PEN
- Ontario County postal worker accused of stealing and forging checks
- Hank Aaron swinging into a Post Office near you – PEN
- Jacksonville Contract Postal Carrier Indicted On Credit Card Fraud And Theft Of Mail Charges – PEN
- How New Postal Practices Could Threaten The Integrity Of America’s Biggest Voting ‘Precinct’
- Tell Congress to Pass the Social Security Fairness Act, NOW!
- 2024 NPMHU Convention Website is Live!
- Biden: USPS Board of Governors Appointments
- More than 40 years and 1 M miles
- USPS mail carrier accused of kicking woman’s dog in Hollywood Hills area – PEN: BS!
- Man gets live rattlesnake in the mail at Mojave Desert post office
July 30, 2024
- California Man Sentenced for Assaulting a U.S. Postal Carrier – PEN
- Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum to Open Voting by Mail Exhibition – PEN
- USPS responds to postal workers union’s concerns over mail delivery
- Mail carrier robbed at gunpoint on Queens street
- Kansas Secretary of State advises against mailing ballots
- Mail-in ballots bombshell
- Undelivered Mail Found in Trash Dumpster in Nutley, NJ
- Investigating internal mail theft: USPS customer believes mail carrier cashed his $3,000 check
- Amazon working on quicker deliveries in rural U.S. to rely less on postal service
- Letter carrier held at gunpoint on Detroit’s west side in broad daylight
- Mail Carrier in Providence Threatened With Knife After Confronting Alleged Thief
- OIG: Fleet Modernization – Disposal of Long-Life Vehicles
- OIG: How Safe Are USPS’s Smartphones?
- iPhone Users Beware! Fake Postal Messages Stealing Your Login Credentials
July 29, 2024
- Former New Orleans Letter Carrier Sentenced for Stealing Mail – PEN
- Ohio man sentenced for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl via USPS in Mississippi – PEN
- Bayard, Nebraska Man Sentenced for Falsification of NALC Union Financial Reports – PEN
- Letter Carriers Convention Shapes Up to Be Open Bargaining Showdown
- Surprising: Top Contributors to President Trump (USPS employees) and Biden (Google employees) in 2020 Election Cycle
- Webster Groves Mail Carrier Makes Delivering Mail Special
- USPS mail carrier overturns near Huntsville, AL
- NALC: Reminders and resources for the 73rd Biennial Convention
- France: Suspicious Powder in Letter to French Minister Tests Positive for Plague
- Spanberger backs bill pushing USPS for better on-time delivery of newspapers
- Election officials send the U.S. Postal Service a sharp message: The mail must go through
July 28, 2024
- Video: Chicago, IL: HOMICIDE OF USPS LETTER CARRIER OCTAVIA REDMOND – PEN
- Video: Second mail carrier speaks out after he is suspended from job without cause – PEN
- Video: US Postal Inspection Service – Caught on Wanted Wednesday – PEN
July 27, 2024
- USPS Launches Fifteen New Sorting and Delivery Centers – PEN
- Kendrick Post Office Steps In as Wildfire Shuts Down Juliaetta Location
- Southern Oregon Local APWU will rally with the hopes of reverting a decision that it believes could impact November’s election
- Pennsylvania men plead guilty after 13-month-long drug trafficking investigation – shipments via USPS
July 26, 2024
- Former USPS Maintenance Manager Sentenced in Federal Court for Stealing Cash from the Mail at Indianapolis Distribution Center – PEN
- Two Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Using U.S. Postal Service Arrow Keys to Steal Mail in Chicago – PEN
- Biden sends two USPS BOG nominees to Senate, ignores postal pension issue – PEN
- U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors to Hold Open Meeting on Aug. 8 – PEN
- Sun Safety: Protect Your Skin During Summer Months
- Explosion destroys mailbox in north Sacramento County; pieces of explosive device found
- OIG: Service Performance of the New Sorting and Delivery Center in Binghamton, NY
- Feds investigate N. Charleston US Postal Service location after union complaint
- Biden Nominates Former Rep. Val Demings and Nominated former Postal Governor William Zollars to Postal Service Board of Governors – PEN
- Baseball Legend Hank Aaron Memorialized on New Forever Stamp – PEN
- GoFundMe Launched To Support Family Of Mail Carrier Killed On Her Chicago Route
- Man’s arrest in mail theft investigation called a ‘huge break’
- FOIA Request Issued to USPS to Determine Cause of Special AR-15 Delivery Delay
- FedEx to cut domestic flight activity by 60%
- OIG: Invoice and Payment Processes for Inflation Reduction Act Funds
July 25, 2024
- PRC Commissioner Reveals USPS Didn’t Share Data on Proposed Changes to Processing Centers – PEN
- USPS regulator says ‘no more important time’ for stronger oversight of agency’s sweeping changes
- Former Charlotte USPS worker faces federal charges after pipe bombs found at apartment
- Thieves target mail truck parked in Berkeley
- Will USPS be able to handle a deluge of mail-in ballots? States think not
- Biden just got one step closer to replacing Postmaster General Louis DeJoy
- Former Secretary-Treasurer of Nebraska NALC Branch 1836 Sentenced for Embezzlement of Postal Union Funds – PEN
- Daines Urges Postal Service to Reconsider Decision to Cease Expedited Air Service in Montana – PEN
- Congressmen Robert B. Aderholt and Emanuel Cleaver, II Introduce the Deliver for Democracy Act – PEN
- Philly DA Announces Charges in Assault on Letter Carrier – PEN
- Deadline arrives for Postmaster General to answer senators’ questions about USPS plan for 2024 election
- Southern Oregon postal workers plan rally over mail-in voting concerns
- 100,000 pieces in 3 days: USPS audit finds myriad of problems causing Kansas City mail delays
- New video looks at USPS sorting and delivery centers
- ‘Something illegal is going on:’ Homeowner receives more than 600 traffic citations, toll bills addressed to strangers
- Some north Alabama residents only receiving First-Class Mail
July 24, 2024
- New Jersey Man Admits to Robbing Maine Postal Workers at Knife Point, Burglarizing Post Offices – PEN
- Here’s another GOTCHA regarding the coming PSHB: There’s a catch in USPS insurance program for Medicare-eligible retirees
- Postal EV Plans More ‘Aggressive’ Than ‘Realistic’, Says IG
- Inside The Cold War Plan To Use Postal Trucks To Pick Up Nuclear Attack Victims
- FSAFEDs Adds Security Measures, ID Check and New Domain
- Second Miami mail carrier speaks out after he is suspended from job without cause
- State election directors fear the Postal Service can’t handle expected crush of mail-in ballots
- Audit shows major concerns for United States Postal System operations in Kansas City
- Audit Cites Pay, Other Factors as Challenges to USPS for Filling Supervisory Positions
- TSP Launching New L Fund
- How Federal Employees Can Maximize Their Annual Leave Payouts
- OIG: It Takes a Village
July 23, 2024
- Postal Employees Onboard with Ground Advantage, but It Hasn’t Met Goals, Says Report
- Former Michigan NALC President Found Guilty of False Pretenses – PEN
- Chicago postal workers rally for more protections following colleague’s shooting death
- USPS employees warned about flex account fraud
- Alex Trebek featured in USPS category: STAMPS – PEN
- Rep. Garret Graves, R-LA, lead sponsor of the Social Security Fairness Act, H.R. 82, provided a video update on the efforts to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO)
July 22, 2024
- APWU’s Health Plan Pharmacy, Express Scripts, Inc., Overcharged Postal Employees by a Whopping $45 Million for Their Prescriptions – PEN
- WATCH: Postal robbery suspect crosses lawn | Also see: Postal worker robbed on Memphis route; $150K reward offered for info
- ‘If we are not safe, you will not get mail’: Chicago letter carriers demanding greater protection in wake of recent murder
- The road to electrifying America’s personal vehicles starts with the USPS EV fleet
- Former Louisiana postal employee accused in COVID-19 relief fraud scheme
- Colorado man accused of breaking into apartment mailboxes in three cities
- A fleet of pedal pushers -These employees use bicycles to deliver for America
- Commentary: The postal service’s war on privacy
July 21, 2024
- Oakland County mailbox stolen by EMS workers — here’s how they did it, why they got caught
- Beloved Chicgago postwoman gunned down while delivering mail leaves community shaken
- Postal workers demand heightened safety measures after Chicago letter carrier killed
- ‘Died on the Clock’: Family Challenges USPS Response to Death of Postal Service Employee Who Died from Possible Heat Stroke While Working In Back of Hot Truck
July 20, 2024
- Getaway vehicle found torched after fatal shooting of Chicago postal worker
- San Francisco Man Sentenced To 11 Years for Shooting at Letter Carrier a Dozen Times – PEN
- Columbus, OH man pleads guilty to robbing postal carrier at gunpoint – PEN
- Ossining, NY Man Arrested for Threatening to Kill USPS Employees and Burn Down U.S. Post Offices – PEN
- Randolph, NY rural carrier associate charged with stealing gift cards from the mail – PEN
- Postal worker who was killed while delivering mail remembered as the ‘mother to the neighborhood’
- Postal workers demand heightened safety measures after Chicago letter carrier shot and killed
- Berkeley, CA Postal Clerks Sentenced For Stealing Packages Containing Cannabis
- Former Delaware postal worker sentenced to probation for workers’ compensation fraud
- Carmel-by-the-Sea, a town with no addresses, says the time has come to add house numbers
July 19, 2024
- Chicago letter carrier Octavia Redmond shot and killed on route – PEN
- USPS letter carrier shot to death on Chicago’s South Side identified; no suspects in custody | USPIS – Chicago
- Former postal worker sentenced to probation for workers’ compensation fraud
- USPS supervisors fear ‘exodus’ among their ranks, but data shows high retention
- Colorado Man Sentenced to Four Years in Prison in Connection with Robbery of Mail Carrier – PEN
- Worker trying to retire from federal service faces disability discrimination – USPS would not accept Power of Attorney’s signature
- Berkeley post office workers sentenced in cannabis package theft scam
- Push to combat Bay Area mail theft gets attention at federal level
- NullShip selling counterfeit postal labels, FreightWaves investigation finds
- USPS struggles with errors and backlogs amid staffing shortages
- OIG: New Audit on USPS’s Procedures and Practices to Decrease Supervisor Vacancies
- Fewer Floridians request mail-in ballot compared to the 2022 midterm
July 18, 2024
- Man sentenced for stealing checks from Charlotte mail with postal worker girlfriend – PEN
- USPS shared customer postal addresses with Meta, LinkedIn and Snap – USPS took action to ‘remediate’ the issue following a TechCrunch investigation
- Multiple People Reporting Post Offices In Texas Are Taking Weeks To Ship Things
- OIG: We Audited USPS’s Deployment Timelines for Its New EV Charging Stations
- OIG: Kansas-Missouri District: Delivery Operations
- DOL obtains injunction against USPS – protecting employees who report workplace injuries from employer retaliation – PEN
- 70-Year-Old West Virginia Man Sentenced to 77 months for fentanyl and methamphetamine trafficking through the mail – PEN
- 2 armed robbers threw Louisville mail carrier to ground, stole postal keys
- How Michigan EMS workers exposed themselves after using ambulance to steal Oakland County mailbox
- USPS service interrupted after 2 Fulton County, GA locations forced to temporarily close
- USPS Unveils Graceful Low-Denomination Flower Stamps
- OIG: Effectiveness of Package Shipping Services
July 17, 2024
- Georgia mother says a pair of three-thousand-dollar gold and diamond studded, Dolce and Gabbana earrings that her adult children bought for her birthday, disappeared after arriving at the post office on Fulton Industrial Boulevard
- Delray Beach mail theft ring busted in Operation Checkmate, over $1 million stolen
- Understaffing, sorting issues and increased volume of packages are among several causes of the ongoing mail delivery problems in the Cape Girardeau area
- USPS: The law requires clarity from those seeking records and effective searches on the part of USPS
- Bill Would Subject More Federal Employees to Hatch Act
- Royal Mail’s Drone Trials: Transforming Postal Delivery
- NJ man gets 7 to 20 years in drugs-by-mail scheme
July 16, 2024
- Colorado Springs Man Indicted On 11 Counts of Mail Theft – PEN
- Hundreds of mail-in ballots never reached voters in a southwest Colorado race that may be decided by just three votes
- NALC and USPS agree to a moratorium on the time limits for the processing of all grievances due to NALC’s 73rd Biennial National Convention
- Postal workers rally in Detroit amid contract talks, demanding better pay and job security
- APWU’s 27th Biennial Convention Begins; President Dimondstein Delivers State of the Union
- Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty to Armed Robberies of Postal Workers – PEN
- Canadian man indicted, arrested for five counts of mail fraud, 30-year Social Security benefit fraud scheme – PEN
- Can I Start My Own Postal Delivery Service? – PEN
- The Forever Stamp just went up in price. How does the U.S. cost compare globally?
July 15, 2024
- Toledo Man Pleads Guilty to Robbery of Postal Employee at Gunpoint – PEN
- Five charged with racketeering in South Florida mail-theft, check-cashing scheme
- OIG: Protecting Your Mail, Protecting America
- New mail trucks to be made in Spartanburg County
- Congressman urges action in ongoing mail issue
- Japan: Man arrested for attempting to kill postal worker with wooden sword
July 14, 2024
- Have You Seen This? Postal bandits pull off world’s clumsiest heist
- Glitch in Utah’s mail ballot system needs to be corrected
- NALC: Collective bargaining update
July 13, 2024
- Multiple-Time Convicted Felon and Former U.S. Postal Service Carrier Sentenced for Mail Theft – PEN
- National Newspaper Association files postal complaints with Postal Regulatory Commission – inadequate mail delivery and escalating postage rates
- USPS changes plans and now will deliver mail to Mitchell International during RNC
- Postage rates are set to increase to 73 cents. Here’s why snail-mail loyalists don’t care
- Top Retirement Mistakes Made By Federal Employees
- Lead Sponsor of WEP/GPO Repeal Shares Update on H.R. 82
July 12, 2024
- New Orleans Postal Employee Charged with Destruction of Mail – PEN
- Franklinton, LA Mail Contractor Indicted for Forged Check Scam and Mail Theft – PEN
- Sacramento Resident Indicted for Possession of Stolen Mail and Intent to Defraud – PEN
- What Happened to Calvin the mailman?
- Two additional arrests made in ‘Operation Checkmate’, large-scale mail theft scheme
- USPS, Milwaukee airport give contradictory reports about mail delivery at the airport during RNC
- Jury convicts Michigan man of 7 counts of mail fraud and 11 counts of money laundering that targeted elderly victims – PEN
- Sen. Ossoff Meets with Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, Presses for Continued Improvements – PEN
- USPS responds to Brazos Valley mail delays from Hurricane Beryl and Iola post office closure
- Lawmakers get update on Virginia postal service
- Missouri man receives 27 months in prison for conspiracy involving mail theft, fraud
- Railway Post Office Dog Day at the Danbury Railway Museum – honoring the legacy of Owney, the Railway Post Office dog
- In one Middle Tennessee town, all 677 water bills are lost in the mail, past due
- ‘Luckiest Kid In Sublette County’ Demolishes Old Post Office With 5th-Wheel
July 11, 2024
- This Chicago Letter Carrier is Scared of Wasps – She Posted a Sign at an Apartment Building Stating “WASPS! No mail/package delivery” – PEN
- Two Former Postal Workers Charged with Stealing U.S. Treasury Checks Valued at more than $4 Million from Kennedy Airport Mail Facility – PEN
- Toledo, OH Man Indicted for Robbery of Letter Carrier – PEN
- No Customers, No Success: The Postal Banking Failure Exposed
- Autumn Colors Stamps to Be Issued at Great American Stamp Show
- North Carolina USPS supervisor dies after spending hours in mail truck on 95-degree day – PEN
- Representatives Issue Statement on Meeting with PMG DeJoy to Discuss Postal Service Delays – PEN
- JFK postal workers arrested for check-cashing scheme in Brooklyn police takedown
- Former Xenia, OH postal worker gets four years for mail theft, fraud
- Opinion: USPS Plan Cannot Be Delivered As PMG DeJoy Obstinately Claims
- ‘Hate-filled’ antisemitic flyers left in Richland mailboxes anger neighbors
- Postal Bulletin 22654: Prepare for Rising Temperatures to Help Prevent Heat Illnesses
- Transforming the USPS network – video showcases processing and distribution changes
- New USPS prices will take effect July 14
- USPS: Pinback Buttons Stamps to Be Issued at Great American Stamp Show
- OIG: Taking Down a Big Apple Bling Ring
- USPS Employees Have Until July 18 to Take Cybersecurity Course
July 10, 2024
- Former Montgomery, AL Letter Carrier Convicted of Mail Theft and Fraud – PEN
- Pennsylvania Man Sentenced to 12 Months in Prison for Mail Theft Scheme – PEN
- USPS Announces Thank You Healthcare Community Stamp – PEN
- USPS: Policies Set on Automatic Enrollment in New Postal Health Plan
- New York Among Top 3 States That Lose the Most Packages in the Mail
- USPS Missing Savings Opportunities in Vehicle Fleet Electrification Program, Says Report
- ‘Pay attention to what you’re doing’ – National report says Georgia mail service is the worst in the US
- USPS Is in ‘Death Spiral’ Unless Changes Happen
- ‘Should mandate paper ballots, in-person voting only’– Space X and Tesla CEO Elon Musk: ” electronic voting machines and postal voting is “too risky” and should be replaced with paper ballots and in-person voting” – PEN: we agree 100%
- Royal Mail to stop deliveries by railway after more than 200 years
July 09, 2024
- Representatives Worried About On-time Delivery of Mail-in Ballots – PEN
- The Inspection Service is working to protect the vote – There are protocols in place to safeguard Election Mail and Ballot Mail
- 9,800 southern Utah ballots in limbo amid mail-in ballot dispute
- Ohio mail carrier accused of trafficking fentanyl through the mail
- Georgia worst USPS 2-day mail service
- Blumenthal urges USPS to kill next week’s stamp price hike
- Blue mailboxes cut open, vandalized near post offices in Frankfort, Orland Park
- Jenkins considering another lawsuit over late postmarked mail-in ballots
July 08, 2024
- Mobile Man Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Mail Theft, Fraud, and Aggravated Identity Theft – PEN
- USPS receives sustainability award from Biden administration; DeJoy does U-turn on electric vehicles
- Controversy over mail-in ballots in Iron County is threatening to upend Utah primary election results
- ‘I’m so happy!’ Problem solved for Waterford man after video showed mail carrier driving on his lawn
- ‘4,000-pound wrecking ball’: Upscale Calif. town still reeling from a Tesla ramming its post office
- Louis DeJoy: The Postal Service is improving. Don’t stop us now
- 3 kids accused of blowing up mailboxes with fireworks in Hawaii
- Massachusetts has some of the worst postal service nationally, according to USPS
- Postal vehicle involved in crash in Miamisburg, OH
- Two Pounds Of Marijuana Mailed To Wrong Address
July 07, 2024
- Meet the mailman who is also the godfather and guardian of Utah’s fabled Highway 12
- Highlights Tour with the Postal Museum’s Director or Deputy Director
- ‘Nowhere on Earth I’d rather be’: Man turns $250 collapsible post office from Expo ‘74 into cabin on Lake Pend Oreille
- Lawsuit says Pennsylvania county deliberately hid decisions to invalidate some mail-in ballots
- New York’s universal mail-in voting law challenged in court
- Mailing it in: Swing-state ballot lawsuits could shape 2024 presidential race
July 06, 2024
- Sweet Mailman Letting Golden Retriever ‘Help’ Deliver Mom’s Mail Is Just the Best
- Manhattan postal worker accused of stealing checks, credit cards
- Afghanistan has been through everything. Now it wants to dust off its postal service and modernize
- Mail service threatened in Excursion Inlet, but issue likely resolved
- NPMHU: New Organizing Webpage
July 05, 2024
- Mail, packages reported stolen from postal vehicles in Portage-Jefferson Park area
- Michigan homeowner locked in battle to keep mail carrier off his lawn
- USPS: ‘Real mess’ at the Twisp Post Office is being cleaned up
- TV6 Investigates Talks: How often is mail stolen by postal workers?
- USPS: How much do you know about scams, stamps and other recent stories?
July 04, 2024
- Houston man sentenced to 95 months in federal prison for mail theft – $7,500 in restitution – PEN
- Check’s Not In Mail: Postal Service re-organization failed to stem billions in losses
- Mail theft victims in Queens react to scathing report about USPS
July 03, 2024
- Rhode Island Woman Indicted in Alleged $10 Million Fraud Schemes Targeting Seniors and Others – PEN
- PRC Questions the Reliability of USPS Service Performance Measurement System – PEN
- PRC Releases Report Evaluating USPS FY 2023 Performance Report and FY 2024 Performance Plan – PEN
- Tallahassee voters have concerns over vote-by-mail locally
- OIG: Catch the Digital Story on How USPS Is Financially Performing under the Delivering for America Plan
- OIG: Puerto Rico District: Delivery Operations
- USPS regulator says DeJoy should pause all network reform efforts
- Illinois USPS customer service supervisor arrested for stealing hundreds of greeting cards, money inside – PEN
- Postal Service IG Raises Issues with Performance Data
- USPS mail concerns reaching ‘a fever pitch,’ head of North Dakota Newspaper Association says
- USPS: Independence Day – The history of the nation and the founding of the postal system are linked
July 02, 2024
- Department of Labor announces proposed rule to protect workers in extreme heat – PEN
- Texas Men Who Robbed 8 USPS Letter Carriers Plead Guilty – PEN
- Thieves break into U.S. Postal Service trucks three times in 90 minutes in Chicago
- Moline, IL USPS employee caught red-handed with nearly 500 opened greeting cards
- Thieves steal from USPS trucks on NW, W sides, Chicago police say
- Trail of mail left behind as postal pilferers give police in Red Bank, TN the slip
- USPS says: The ban on gifts isn’t ironclad USPS can make an exception if an offer is ‘necessary or convenient’ for business
- OIG: We Found Opportunities to Improve the PRC’s Strategic Plan and Its Implementation
- USPS Prepares for the Macy’s July 4th Fireworks Spectacular – New York newsroom
- Becoming a TSP Millionaire is Simple, But It’s Not Easy
July 01, 2024
- Gulfport, MS Man Pleads Guilty to Brandishing a Firearm at Postal Carrier – PEN
- Chesapeake men sentenced for armed robbery of letter carrier and cashing stolen checks and money orders – PEN
- Birmingham, AL Man Sentenced to More than Five Years for Unlawfully Possessing U.S. Postal Service Key and Possession of Stolen Mail – PEN
- Quad Cities Iowa Postal Worker Accused Of Theft
- Two USPS letter carriers rescue 85-year-old woman from the jaws of hypothermia
- Rochester man pleads guilty to stealing mail – PEN
- Mail carriers celebrated on National Postal Workers Day
- NALC collective bargaining update – PEN
- At Least 1 Dead and 10 Injured After Kharkiv Postal Terminal Shelled
- On this day in history, July 1, 1847, the US Post Office issues the first stamps