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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Lawsuit filed against Trump, postal chief seeking proper funding for USPS
The lawsuit alleges that Trump and DeJoy are trying to ensure the postal service cannot reliably deliver election mail.
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Pelosi to call House back into session to vote on USPS bill
The legislation would prohibit the Postal Service from implementing any changes to operations or level of service.
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Mills considers safeguards for absentee voting, after warning letter from postal service
The governor and other top state officials are considering a range of options for ensuring that Maine’s absentee voting system works smoothly this fall, as the postal service warns states of potential mail delays.
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Susan Collins, Angus King stick up for US Postal Service
Collins said she disagrees with President Trump’s effort to prevent emergency funding for the nation’s mail service.