A People’s Bank at the Post Office – JSTOR Daily ” of this public bank, which gave “a measure of financial security” to small depositors and allowed for a “reimagining of the basic order of the financial system.” Like many of the compromises in the unending battle of the many versus the elite few, the 1910 Postal Savings Bank Act was modest. The system could operate “only in designated post offices, redeposit its funds in existing banks, and pay a noncompetitive 2 percent interest rate,” Shaw writes. There was also a $500 deposit ceiling. And virtually no money was ever spent on publicizing th ..read more

Even with members of Congress and the Postal Service’s own supervisors calling for more PRC involvement, postal leadership is not likely to change its decision about an advisory opinion. But perhaps the Postal Service, as Governor Stroman recommended, will slow down or pause DFA implementation until service performance improves. That could take several months, so perhaps the Postal Service will proceed cautiously until after the November election and the peak holiday season. Or perhaps not. the Postal Service to request an Advisory Opinion or “to show cause” why it believes an opinion is not w ..read more

Watch our full investigation into the impact of DeJoy’s reforms on rural America: .” Mail that is usually picked up and processed that night will now be dropped off in the evening and sent out the next day, adding an extra day to delivery.  with financial ties to USPS. During the COVID pandemic in 2020, DeJoy’s cost-cutting slashed the number of mail sorting machines and restricted postal workers’ ability to make extra trips,  which a federal judge later found  hurt both the Postal Service and states and localities by “impeding their ability to provide safe alternatives to in-pe ..read more

The landmark Bronx General Post Office is for sale again; Developer asking for over $70 million – Welcome2TheBronx™ restoration of the Ben Sha murals  having been completed along the South Bronx Harlem River waterfront,  Whatever the outcome, the space needs to be activated and put to good use for the local community.  at the site of the former PS 31 aka ‘Castle on the Concourse’,  just three blocks away which will be the future home of the first Hip-Hop museum, and the  ..read more

Trump-Appointed USPS Postmaster General Draws Republican Rebuke  during his last year in office, is receiving rare backlash from   lawmakers for his handling of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). DeJoy was urged to pause the plan and request a “comprehensive” advisory opinion from the Postal Regulatory Commission before moving forward with any further changes.  representing states with large rural areas, sent DeJoy a letter this week demanding that he works to “improve service immediately” and “restore status quo operations as much as practicable” in locations where his cost-c ..read more

PRC chairman Kubayanda says USPS is in a ‘nosedive’  May 2 in a wide-ranging interview at the PRC headquarters in Washington, D.C. “These are all things that we have warned about, and they need to be addressed,” Kubayanda said. “It’s not just numbers on a spreadsheet at this point. It’s actually affecting real people ..read more

“The other thing that is going on is that you have freed up all of this space in the back of post offices around the country where sorting used to take place. And then the question becomes – maybe we should close this post office? Maybe it’s less necessary. Already, many post offices have turned from being owned by USPS to being rented in a strip mall. It’s an additional chipping away at the physical plant.” in an interview last month. “But the Trump administration’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) put out a report about the broader state of government in which they explicitly called for ..read more

USPS Delays Could Impact Absentee Voting in Georgia’s Primary Election That chunk of the electorate could go underrepresented in Georgia’s primary election if USPS does not resolve its issues soon. But how did things get this bad?  who voted in the 2022 general election did so using absentee ballots ..read more

(This means the Postal Service will submit a report responding to the “show cause” order later this month and not request an advisory opinion. Presumably the PRC would then need to take the Postal Service to court over the matter, which would take many months to resolve. As an alternative, under the current public inquiry docket on DFA, the Commission could exert its to get the information it would otherwise have requested in an advisory opinion docket ..read more

Senators call on postal board to abandon DeJoy’s USPS reforms – Government Executive The letter was the latest in a   the changes are actively harming the Postal Service and its customers. , though it went further in calling for the termination of the Delivering for America plan altogether. After initial backlash to DeJoy’s selection and his early reform efforts, temperatures cooled as lawmakers worked with the postmaster general to pass the 2022 Postal Service Reform Act and allowed him some leeway to enact his vision. As consolidations and mail rerouting efforts hit individual memb ..read more