The Postal Service contracts with private-sector shippers such as Amazon and UPS for ‘last-mile’ delivery from distribution centers to consumers’ homes.
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Amazon gets priority while mail gets delayed, say letter carriers
Several letter carriers are accusing Portland’s postmaster of deliberately delaying the delivery of first-class and priority mail by ordering clerks to sort Amazon packages first, ensuring that carriers deliver them on time.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Mail could be delayed as new postal boss pushes cost-cutting
The changes come a month after Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a major donor to President Trump, took over the sprawling mail service.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine voters get mixed messages on mail-in ballot postage
Amid a rapid switch to absentee voting, many Mainers aren’t sure how much postage is required to mail in their votes – and aren’t getting good answers.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World
Post offices, beloved community hubs, fight virus-era threat
Most Americans give the U.S. Postal Service high marks for its work getting mail to far-flung corners of the country each day.
Posted inNation & World
Top Republican fundraiser and Trump ally named postmaster general
The president has indicated that he wants the Postal Service to dramatically raise fees for delivering packages for customers such as Amazon in exchange for tapping a coronavirus line of credit.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Postal Service may become a COVID casualty
We are in danger of losing an institution enshrined in our Constitution that offers a service that no private company would provide.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine can’t afford to have the Postal Service fail
Only USPS has the capacity to provide the affordable delivery needed by our state, with its large share of senior and rural residents.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Who backs the front line worker?
The COVID pandemic is bad, but it would be worse without the people who keep showing up to work.
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Trump says he’ll block coronavirus aid for U.S. Postal Service if it doesn’t hike prices now
The president says the cash-strapped agency should quadruple the price it charges for packages.