WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Postal Service will implement the next phase in its service standard refinements on July 1, part of the organization’s ongoing efforts to better serve customers nationwide. Service standards indicate the expected number of days for delivery after a mail piece is accepted by USPS. In ...

On August 22, 2022, USPS employee Pam Rock was tragically killed in Putnam County after being attacked by five dogs while delivering mail. More recently, on January 13, 2025, 8-year-old Michael Millett was fatally attacked and killed by a dangerous dog while riding his bicycle in his Volusia County neighborhood ...

National Postal Workers Day is observed each year on July 1. It celebrates and recognizes postal workers and the hard work they put in to ensure your mail and deliveries get to you smoothly and on time. Did you know that in the United States, postal workers walk an average ...

UPDATE 6/30/25: Early Saturday morning, the Senate Budget Committee unveiled its final version of their reconciliation bill. The NRLCA is pleased to report that the anti-postal and anti-federal employee provisions included in previous versions of the Senate bill were removed, because either they violated the Senate’s “Byrd Rule” or enough GOP ...

Rural Carrier Dylan Mickelson was delivering mail in Frazee, MN, recently when he came upon a tool shed engulfed in flames. The Postal Service employee called 911 and alerted the homeowners, who had no idea that the structure was on fire. The homeowners’ daughter later sent a note to Mickelson ...

Let me tell you about my mother. For twenty-five years, five, sometimes six, days a week, she drove the same fifty miles, following the main roads and back roads of her mail route, which included some five hundred households. She left home before six in the morning, dropping my sisters ...

The Lifecycle (L) Funds are designed to provide participants with an easy, convenient way of investing their Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) accounts among the five individual TSP funds based on when the participants will need the money in retirement. One of the principal characteristics of the funds is that the ...

The Senate voted late Saturday to open debate on Republicans’ budget reconciliation package, which aims to cut federal spending in order to partially pay for extended tax cuts for the wealthy and increased immigration enforcement, though the measure’s burden on federal employees is now lighter. That’s because, according to bill text released ...

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URGENT UPDATE –ACT NOW! A *shocking* increase in FERS retirement contributions—from 4.4% to an outrageous 15.6%—has just been added to the Senate's reconciliation bill. That’s an 11.2% hike, placing a massive burden on hardworking federal and postal workers. The Senate is expected to vote THIS WEEKEND. WE NEED ALL HANDS ...

On June 11, 2025, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the May 2025 Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) which established the Private Transportation Index at 277.131, an increase from the February 2025 Index of 274.854. Therefore, based on the May 2025 CPI-W release, the ...

WASHINGTON—The Subcommittee on Government Operations yesterday held a hearing titled “The Route Forward for the U.S. Postal Service: A View from Stakeholders.” The American people rely on the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) for critical services and members emphasized that former Postmaster General Louis DeJoy deserves credit for implementing a long-term ...

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is implementing a series of significant changes starting July 1st, impacting both mail delivery times and postage rates. These adjustments are part of the Postal Service’s broader “Delivering for America” 10-year plan, aimed at modernizing the network and achieving long-term financial sustainability. One of the ...

A Dallas postal worker was pronounced dead over the weekend while working in the medical district, Kimetra Lewis, president of the Dallas branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers, told the Observer Tuesday. While Lewis could not identify the worker, she said he had worked for the U.S. Postal Service for 28 years ...

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee holds a hearing titled “The Route Forward for the U.S. Postal Service: A View from Stakeholders”. Witnesses and testimonies: Paul Steidler Senior Fellow Lexington Institute Document Jim CochraneCEO Package Shippers Association Document Mike PlunkettCEO and President Association for Postal Commerce Document Thomas SchatzPresident ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Robert Garcia was elected the top Democrat on the powerful House Oversight Committee on Tuesday, charting a new direction for the party’s opposition to congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump’s administration. Garcia, of California, won the job overwhelmingly in a closed-door vote of the House Democratic caucus. He ...

Amazon.com plans to expand its same-day and next-day Prime delivery services to over 4,000 smaller cities and rural regions in the United States by the end of 2025, it said on Tuesday, as the company doubles down on efforts to grow its domestic footprint. Amazon earlier this year announced plans ...