USPS News Updates

Business, Logistics, Top 100, TCA

UPS, FedEx, USPS Set Holiday Shipping Dates

Though it’s not yet Halloween, delivery companies UPS Inc., FedEx Corp. and the U.S. Postal Service have released their recommended deadlines to ship packages in time for the holidays.

October 12, 2021
Government, Logistics, TCA

USPS Mail, Small Package Delivery May Take Longer as of Oct. 1

The U.S. Postal Service is making changes to its express shipping as of Oct. 1 that could delay some mail going across country.

September 27, 2021
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

Lawsuit Could Delay Replacement for Aging Postal Fleet

The delivery of new USPS trucks set for 2023 could be delayed.

August 12, 2021
Government, Business

Proposed USPS Surcharges May Mean Mail Will Cost More This Holiday

The U.S. Postal Service on Aug. 10 announced it is seeking temporarily higher rates for packages during the 2021 holiday season.

August 11, 2021
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel, Logistics

Workhorse Says It Didn’t Get a Fair Shot at USPS Van Award

The U.S. Postal Service didn’t give Workhorse Group Inc. a fair shot at a contract worth as much as $6 billion to build mail delivery vans, the maker of electric vehicles said in its challenge of the service’s decision to award the work to Oshkosh Corp.

June 30, 2021
Government, Business

First-Class Stamp Will Cost 58¢ in USPS Rate Increase Plan

The U.S. Postal Service plans to boost the price of a first class stamp to 58 cents from 55 cents as it works to stabilize finances amid slumping mail volume and lagging delivery.

May 28, 2021
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel, Logistics

Lawmakers Back $8 Billion for Electric USPS Vehicles

House lawmakers advanced language authorizing $8 billion for the U.S. Postal Service to buy more electric vehicles as the agency modernizes its aging fleet.

May 13, 2021
Government, Business, TCA

Mail Delivery Delays Persist in Metro Detroit

Slow, sometimes nonexistent mail delivery continues to plague several Metro Detroit neighborhoods despite the best efforts of U.S. lawmakers to identify and correct the problems.

May 13, 2021
Government, Business, Logistics

Biden’s Postal Board Nominees Say Restoring Service Is Vital

President Joe Biden’s nominees to the governing board of the U.S. Postal Service pledged April 22 to rebuild trust with the American public through prompt deliveries, as they outlined a vison for the agency in their first formal statements to lawmakers.

April 22, 2021
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel

Sen. Tom Carper Says USPS Should Buy More Electric Vehicles

The U.S. Postal Service should include more electric vehicles in its new fleet than it first envisioned when it awarded a $6 billion contract to Oshkosh Corp., a U.S. senator told nominees to the service’s board.

April 22, 2021