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I hope that you're taking some time for yourself amidst everything going on.
Here is some of the latest in USPS news:
(Washington Post) Postmaster General Louis DeJoy was brought on, in part, to use his extensive private-sector experience to make the nation’s venerable mail service more efficient.
But the net effect of DeJoy’s operational changes has been a slowdown in the pace of mail delivery. It may be no surprise, then, that a Washington Post-University of Maryland poll showed that Americans, by a more than 2-to-1 margin, reject the notion that the U.S. Postal Service should be “run like a business,” to use a phrase prevalent in conservative policymaking circles.
Instead, most said the USPS should be run as a “public service,” even if doing so would cost the government money.
That belief was more prevalent among Democrats (82 percent) and independents (69 percent). Republicans were evenly divided, with 49 percent saying it should be run as a public service and 51 percent choosing the business option, “even if that limits the services it provides..." (Click text for full article)
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Federal judge halts USPS move to dismantle mail-sorting machines, remove mailboxes -NewJersey.com
Pennsylvania judge temporarily blocks USPS changes-The Philadelphia Inquirer
Two federal judges rebuke USPS over changes it had planned ahead of election-CNN
Pennsylvania judge halts USPS cuts ahead of 2020 election amid mail-in voting worries-FOX News
Louis DeJoy tells judge Postal Service mail-sorting machines can’t be reassembled-Star Advertiser
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