Friday Message – July 31, 2020 It seems hard to believe that we are at the end of July already.   Here in the United States we have now been in the COVID-19 pandemic in what seems like full force for about five months.   I know that there are places in the country that started seeing [...]

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has claimed many victims and is threatening to claim another one—the United States Postal Service (USPS). In May 2020, a statement from the USPS said that the its main source of revenue—letter-mail volume—had dropped dramatically as businesses cut back on sending advertisements and bulk mail and that it will [...]

WASHINGTON, DC — United States Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced today that the United States Postal Service (USPS) has reached an agreement in principle with the United States Department of the Treasury on the terms and conditions associated with $10 billion lending authority provided in the CARES Act.  The USPS Board of Governors unanimously approved [...]