Without front-line workers willing to sound the alarm, the postal service crisis may have gone undetected far longer.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Nation & World, News
Chicks shipped by mail are arriving dead, costing Maine farmers thousands of dollars
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.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Pelosi says postmaster general has no plans to restore equipment cuts
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.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Scarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies
Two mail-sorting machines removed at USPS processing center in Scarborough
‘The damage is done. Those machines aren’t coming back,’ says the local union president.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Postal Service reforms need more than a pause
Louis DeJoy, a Trump donor, should not be in charge of policies that make voting more difficult.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Rep. Pierce: Even in a pandemic, we can protect Maine’s general election vote
We need to expand voter registration opportunities, maximize the use of absentee voting and ensure safe and efficient in-person voting on Nov. 3.
Posted inNation & World
Ballot drop boxes seen as way to bypass post office
Election officials in some states have come out against them, saying doing so would be too costly and raises security concerns.
Posted inNation & World
At least 21 states plan to sue USPS over mail delays, despite rollback of policy changes
Even after the postmaster general announced he will reverse his new policies, the attorneys general said his statement did not change their legal strategy, which is to obtain the force of a court decision to protect mail service.
Posted inNation & World
Postmaster general says he’s ‘suspending’ policies blamed for mail delays
DeJoy will appear Friday before the Senate to testify on mail delivery delays and service changes that lawmakers and others are warning could imperil the November election.
Posted inElections, Nation & World, Politics
Amid outcry over USPS changes, postmaster general to testify before House
Facing a public backlash over mail delays and other problems, the Trump administration is scrambling to respond