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Maine postal workers demand funding, federal action to reverse mail delays

by Kelley Bouchard August 20, 2020September 14, 2020

Postal union leaders are pushing for $25 billion that’s stalled in the U.S. Senate and calling for Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s removal.

Nation & World, Politics

Postal chief heads to hearings with political bull’s-eye on his back

by Todd Shields, Daniel Flatley and Bill Allison Bloomberg August 20, 2020August 20, 2020

DeJoy, the postmaster general, is set to be questioned over two days on Capitol Hill.

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Nation & World, Politics

Here’s why the Postal Service says it wanted to remove hundreds of mail-sorting machines

by Jacob Bogage and Christopher Ingraham The Washington Post August 20, 2020August 20, 2020

USPS officials and industry insiders say sorters are taken offline every year, though the 671 earmarked represents a substantially larger share of the agency’s inventory.

Op-eds, Opinion

Commentary: Is anti-Trump anger enough to propel Biden into the White House?

by Scott Martelle Los Angeles Times August 20, 2020September 14, 2020

The fight this time around must be waged in the hearts and minds of those whose past political indifference helped land us in the mess we’re in today.

Bill Nemitz, Maine, Op-eds, Opinion

Bill Nemitz: When the mail slowed, Maine postal workers picked up their whistles

by Bill Nemitz August 20, 2020September 14, 2020

Without front-line workers willing to sound the alarm, the postal service crisis may have gone undetected far longer.

Business, Maine, Nation & World, News

Chicks shipped by mail are arriving dead, costing Maine farmers thousands of dollars

by Scott Thistle August 19, 2020August 20, 2020

Several Maine poultry farms have received shipments of hundreds of chicks that died while being delivered by the U.S. Postal Service, either because the shipments were delayed or mishandled.

Nation & World, Politics

Pelosi says postmaster general has no plans to restore equipment cuts

by LISA MASCARO and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press August 19, 2020August 19, 2020

The House speaker says Louis DeJoy told her he has no intention of restoring removed blue mailboxes or sorting equipment and no plans for employee overtime.