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Hundreds of Rural Texas Post Offices Spared from Closing

Dave Goldman — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:17:16 +0000

Rural post offices across the country will remain open but with shorter hours. The announcement came today during a news conference where Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said the decision comes after wide concerns from rural residents who opposed the closing of thousands of post offices.

[BREAKING] East Texas Mail Processing Center to Close, Move Operations

Dave Goldman — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:01:02 +0000

The U.S. Mail processing plant located at East Texas Center, just north of Tyler, will soon be shutting down and moving operations to Shreveport, La., Austin and Coppell, according to a release from the U.S. Postal Service. The move comes as a result of a five-month study of postal processing plants across the country. The [...]

Are You Ready to Pay 50 Cents for a Stamp? — Dollars and Sense

Shauna Wright — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:00:32 +0000

Facing huge budget shortfalls, the United States Postal Service has proposed solutions including closing hundreds of post offices and eliminating Saturday deliveries. Now it may be considering jacking up the price of stamps, too. The popularity of internet services like online bill pay have led in part to a 1.7 percent decline in mail volume, [...]

Postal Service Cuts Means Next-Day Mail May Be a Thing of the Past

Shauna Wright — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:30:42 +0000

Proposed cuts to services from the US Postal Service will save the cash-strapped organization some much-needed funds, but the public may not like the outcome. Since roughly half of the nearly 500 mail processing centers across the country would be closed, delivery times for mail would be lengthened. Currently, first-class mail within the US typically [...]

US Postmaster Proposes Eliminating Saturday Mail Delivery

Shauna Wright — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:15:10 +0000

Email and other electronic transactions have caused a dramatic drop in the volume of snail-mail and its associated revenues — so much so that Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe has proposed eliminating Saturday mail delivery.

It’s a move that could save the United States Postal Service as much as $3.1 billion a year.