Senator Rounds Requests Investigation into Postal Service Issues in South Dakota

Senator Rounds Requests Investigation into Postal Service Issues in South Dakota

Service has “deteriorated to critical levels” for South Dakotans WASHINGTON – 12/10/25 – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) has formally requested an investigation into the persistent issues with United States Postal Service (USPS) delivery in South Dakota. In a letter to Tammy Hull, Inspector General of USPS, Rounds asked for Hull to determine the root […]

USPS is ready for the busiest week of 2025

USPS is ready for the busiest week of 2025

USPS is ready to deliver millions of holiday greetings and gifts WASHINGTON — 12/10/25 – Next week is the last week to get holiday gifts and greetings in the mail by the recommended deadlines. Customer traffic at all Post Office locations has been steadily increasing since Dec. 1, and this week is expected to be […]

Former Connecticut Postal Employee Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stealing Checks from Mail, Bank Fraud Scheme

Former Connecticut Postal Employee Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stealing Checks from Mail, Bank Fraud Scheme

12/09/25 – David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KIERRA BLOUNT, 35, formerly of Stamford and currently residing in Plymouth, North Carolina, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford to 30 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release for fraud and mail […]

Blumenthal Urges USPS Action to Ensure Servicemembers Overseas Can Receive Holiday Packages

Blumenthal Urges USPS Action to Ensure Servicemembers Overseas Can Receive Holiday Packages

After Boxes to Boots fiasco, Blumenthal calls for immediate action to deliver care packages to troops [Hartford, CT] – 12/08/25 -U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal today wrote to the U.S. Postal Service urging swift action to establish and publicly share clear guidance about how holiday packages should be labeled and shipped to servicemembers overseas this holiday […]

Carson Woman and Former USPS Employee Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stealing Checks and Credit Cards from Mail

Carson Woman and Former USPS Employee Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stealing Checks and Credit Cards from Mail

LOS ANGELES – 12/08/25 – A South Bay woman who formerly worked as a letter carrier for the United States Postal Service in Torrance was sentenced today to 63 months in federal prison for stealing checks and debit and credit cards from the mail then selling them to her accomplices for three years, using the […]

NAPS Secretary/Treasurer: I am hearing that when EAS employees call in to eRMS for SL/FMLA, their time is being changed to LWOP/FMLA

NAPS Secretary/Treasurer: I am hearing that when EAS employees call in to eRMS for SL/FMLA, their time is being changed to LWOP/FMLA

The following article comes to us from a NAPS article entitled ‘Pay Agreement Makes Positive Steps’ – By Jimmy Warden – NAPS Secretary/Treasurer I would like to address a concern I have heard recently while attending branch meetings and training seminars regarding the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). I am hearing that when EAS […]

NAPS: Pay Agreement Makes Positive Steps

NAPS: Pay Agreement Makes Positive Steps

Pay Agreement Makes Positive Steps By Jimmy Warden NAPS Secretary/Treasurer 12/05/25 – There is little more than a month left in this year’s peak mailing season—the period that defines the United States Postal Service. Delivering for America brings joy and happiness to so many people—you make this happen. Thanks to EAS employees’ dedication, commitment and […]

Former Massachusetts Mail Carrier Pleads Guilty to Theft of Postal Customers’ Prescription Drugs

Former Massachusetts Mail Carrier Pleads Guilty to Theft of Postal Customers’ Prescription Drugs

BOSTON – 12/04/25 – A former U.S. Postal Service mail carrier pleaded guilty today to stealing packages containing prescription medications from postal customers on his route. Michael Vernon, 52, of Somerville, Mass., pleaded guilty to one count of theft of mail by a postal officer or employee. U.S. District Court Judge Brian E. Murphy scheduled […]