The United State Postal Service (USPS) has confirmed that the woman killed in a four-vehicle crash in Northport Wednesday was an employee. Police identified the woman as 36-year-old Vonchelle Renee Gamble, of Tuscaloosa Postal worker killed, several injured in Northport, AL crash ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) was expected to phase out the use of Treasury checks to pay benefits by September 30, 2025, and has now reversed course. The move to end the use of paper checks was a result of an executive order signed by President Trump back in March. While the SSA has ...

Benchmarking Hiring Strategies: Insights for the Postal Service’s Pre-Career Hiring Practices  The Postal Service is working to enhance its recruitment, hiring, and onboarding processes to ensure it has the workforce it needs. The agency has already adopted some best practices used by other organizations, but monitoring other organizations can help ...

Hundreds of thousands of current and retired federal employees recently received a new wave of IRS notices prompting urgent resolution of their outstanding tax liabilities, a move that a former Tax Court attorney says comes at an interesting time as the administration looks to continue reducing the size of the ...

The SSA has said it has finished making back payments and increasing ongoing benefits under the law repealing the former government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions, ahead of a schedule that until recently projected that the work would continue until near year’s end. “As of July 7, 2025, we ...

The Postal Service is introducing Stamp Encore, a contest that lets the public vote to bring back a favorite stamp from the past for reprinting in 2026. USPS employees may participate in the contest, which is part of the Postal Service’s 250th anniversary celebration. The contest will run from Wednesday, ...

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee holds a hearing titled “An Update on Mail Theft and Crime” at 2 p.m. ET on July 23. Witnesses and testimonies:Brendan Donahue Inspector in Charge United States Postal Inspection Service Document Julius Rothstein Deputy Inspector General U.S. Postal Service Office of the Inspector ...

USPS marks a milestone with two new stamp releases WASHINGTON — In celebration of two and a half centuries of continuous service, the U.S. Postal Service today unveiled two stamp releases at its headquarters building. The two stamp designs capture the essence of USPS, one honoring its deep-rooted history, the ...

USPS has launched a website that celebrates the organization’s 250 years of service to the American people. The site, Delivering Since 1775, is part of usps.com and features stories, pictures and links to other sites with more information about the Postal Service. A timeline that stretches from the first Post Office ...

The Postal Service will mark its 250th anniversary this week with two stamp releases. The first release, 250 Years of Delivering, is a meticulously illustrated pane of 20 interconnected stamps that offers a bird’s-eye view of a bustling town. Each stamp is a frame of sequential art that tells the ...

First launched at the 2024 National Convention, official NRLCA gear is now available to all members! Whether you're getting ready for this year's National Convention or want to show your union pride year-round, now’s the time to grab your merch. Offerings include t-shirts, hooded sweatshirts, bumper stickers, cooling towels, magnets, ...

The Postal Service will mark the 250th anniversary of its founding on July 26. To celebrate the organization’s rich history of connecting people, communities and businesses, USPS will hold a series of special events this week and highlight other offerings, including licensed merchandise, digital media, a stamp contest and special ...

BISCAYNE PARK, FLA. (WSVN) – Paramedics rushed a postal worker to the hospital after they were stabbed in Biscayne Park. Biscayne Park Police officers responded to the residential area located on the 11700 Northeast 10th Avenue, Monday afternoon. 7News cameras captured a heavy police presence in the area with crime ...

@Starbucks during COVID everyone & they momma was calling our farm workers and our delivery drivers @USPS @UPS + Hero's. fast forward and this is how y'all treating them in 2025! Excuse me? OVER WATER. #boycottstarbucks not buying anything until you apologize and make it right pic.twitter.com/CeLIsEuiCN — Maritza (@maritzarosas25) ...

The National Agency Check with Inquiries, better known as the “NACI,” is the test that the Postal Service uses to complete background checks for newly hired employees through the Postal Inspection Service. Recently, the Postal Service took the position that all postal employees are “conditional” employees until after the NACI ...

In this message to NRLCA members, NRLCA President Don Maston highlights a challenging year marked by multiple threats to the future of rural mail delivery and the well-being of postal workers. These challenges include efforts to privatize the Postal Service, attempts by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to impose ...

July 17, 2025 For Immediate Release Today, the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association celebrates a critical milestone in our campaign to protect the United States Postal Service: a bipartisan majority of members in the U.S. House of Representatives have now signed on to House Resolution 70, which affirms the Postal ...