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NOAKES: Sell the USPS to UPS

Since its introduction in 1775, the U.S. Postal Service has played a vital role in American history. Recent headlines have underscored the urgency of reform.  USPS recently requested a rate hike for stamps and mail services, its sixth price increase in less than five years, placing a heavier burden on consumers while still operating at a multi-billion dollar loss. In contrast, the United Parcel Service has proven itself a leader in safe and effective delivery of mail and goods, as […]

todayAugust 26, 2025 75

USPS rural America

Opinion-Editorial

OP-ED: USPS plan writes off rural America to save a buck

Last spring, at a Rural Democracy Institute convening in Omaha, a room of over one hundred rural policy experts and elected officials from the hollers of Appalachia to the expansive mountains of Big Sky Country were all big beaming smiles and enthusiastically raised hands when asked “who here knows their postal worker by name?” The relationships that people have with their postal workers are the most universal, direct, consistent, person-to-person contact that most people will ever have with government service […]

todaySeptember 30, 2024 129

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Capital Area Region

Three Jacksonville residents facing Federal meth charges

JACKSONVILLE (Heartland Newsfeed) -- According to the Department of Justice and United States Attorney for Illinois’s Central District John E. Childress, 40 year old Nathaniel Stone, 32 year old Jeremie Stone, and 27 year old Amber R. Davis were arrested on Wednesday and made their initial appearances in federal court on Friday, June 22, after a federal criminal complaint was filed charging all three with alleged possession of, as well as conspiracy and intent to distribute, 50 grams or more […]

todayJune 25, 2018 68

Business & Lifestyle

Trump orders examination of USPS operations, finances

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- President Donald Trump has formed a new task force to examine the operations model of the U.S. Postal Service, in view of mounting financial losses. Trump signed an executive order Thursday to form the panel, days after he blasted online retailer Amazon for making the USPS its "delivery boy." The order said a decline in first-class mail volume, coupled with legal mandates that force the USPS to incur substantial and inflexible costs, resulted in a deficit where revenues can no […]

todayApril 13, 2018 47

Business & Lifestyle

Amazon expands same-day and one-day delivery to 8,000 cities — here’s the last day you can shop online for Christmas

SEATTLE (Heartland Newsfeed/MarketWatch) -- Looking to get your last-minute gifts delivered before the holidays? Don’t wait much longer than this week, unless perhaps you have Amazon Prime. The online retail giant announced it is expanding Prime delivery to 8,000 cities and towns from 5,000 previously and for some Prime members in a handful of cities, including Miami, Manhattan and Denver, with purchases of $35 or more. That means Amazon will deliver gifts up until 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 24. • […]

todayDecember 16, 2017 62

East Central Illinois Region

Heldebrandt retires from USPS after 33 years, last day was Friday

RAMSEY (Heartland Newsfeed) -- After 33 years with the United States Postal Service, Linda Heldebrandt retired Friday. “I started in 1984 as a substitute rural carrier in Nokomis,” she said. “Then in 1994 I got my first career position as a city carrier. “ In February of 2005, Heldebrandt was named postmaster of the Ramsey Post Office. “The post office has changed so much since I started,” she said.  “The number of packages has increased drastically, I think because people are […]

todayDecember 4, 2017 79

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