Merger Would Harm Competition, Resulting in Higher Bills and Less Innovation for Millions of American Consumers 11/20/17 – The United States Department of Justice today filed a civil antitrust lawsuit to block AT&T/DirecTV’s proposed acquisition of Time Warner Inc. The $108 billion acquisition would substantially lessen competition, resulting in higher prices and less innovation for […]
McCaskill Demands Answers on Laurie, MO Postal Facility Closure USPS gave conflicting information to McCaskill’s office and Laurie residents after their postal facility was abruptly closed in January Thursday, November 16, 2017 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill is demanding answers from the United States Postal Service (USPS) about the status of the Laurie, Missouri postal […]
11/17/17 – Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that YVONNE WILSON, age 37, of Kenner, was charged today in a one-count Bill of Information with embezzlement of mail matter by a postal service employee. According to the Bill of Information, it is alleged that on or about July 14, 2016, WILSON, while being an employee of the […]
Packages are piling up in some postal offices in Manhattan and the Bronx because postal carriers can’t get into thousands of apartment buildings, News 4 New York has learned exclusively. There are 2,000 buildings in the Bronx and 600 more in Manhattan where the United States Postal Service can’t deliver packages because of a limited […]
Neither snow nor rain is supposed to keep the postal service away, but residents in Harahan say the only thing they’ve come to count on is their mail not getting delivered. What’s more, they claim postal workers are leaving buckets of mail abandoned on their street. Resident Catherine Plunkett said she’ll go days without seeing […]
Two men were caught on camera entering an Uptown building and exiting with electronics and valuables that belong to a local resident. The victim, who NBC 5 is not naming out of their concerns for safety, said Thursday the men made off with multiple other items from the building in the 4700 block of North […]
November 16, 2017 USPS – As the head of a “consumer-focused nonprofit educational and research organization”, you’d expect Steve Pociask would actually provide educational information rather than his same old scare tactics when it comes to the United States Postal Service’s fiscal situation. But yet again, we have to correct him and his persistence to […]
MESQUITE, Texas (CBS11) – Residents in a southwest Mesquite neighborhood are furious after finding hundreds of pieces of mail in a gutter. Brenda Tisdale was walking her dogs when she noticed a few clean, white pieces of paper in the drain. “I was thinking, ‘that’s where all of our mail has gone,’” said Tisdale. She […]
FAYETTE COUNTY, Ga. – Some Fayette County residents say they’re tired of waiting on the mail. They’re hoping that new procedures will improve service. Some told Channel 2’s Berndt Petersen everything they drop in the mailbox is making it to the other end and delivery to their homes is fast and efficient. However, others have said they have suffered […]
LAS VEGAS (KSNV News3LV) — The holidays are just around the corner, so many consumers will be jumping online to do their shopping. Holiday thieves also know this and are ready to swipe packages from your home. Consumers are working to turn the tables on the criminals. Postal inspectors say if you are expecting a […]