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Forever stamps are about to get more expensive — again

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jun 4, 2024
The price of a first-class Forever stamp is set to rise from 68 cents to 73 cents on July 14. But some question what they get for the price.
A Forever stamp will cost 73 cents starting July 14.
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When Amazon comes to town, rural post offices struggle to keep up with deliveries

by Kai Ryssdal and Sofia Terenzio
Dec 11, 2023
When thousands of Amazon packages arrived overnight, it wreaked havoc on a post office in Bemidji, Minnesota.
Last year, the USPS lost $6.5 billion. Delivering for Amazon is a way the agency offsets its costs.
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Some rural Americans worry about USPS cuts, closures

by Savannah Peters
Jan 18, 2022
Since 2007, the United States Postal Service has reported net losses of nearly $100 billion.
Cost-saving measures for the United States Postal Service include the closure and consolidation of branches, especially in rural settings that heavily depend on the service.
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Elections 2020

How to vote by mail in the general election

by Samantha Fields
Aug 24, 2020
You can vote by mail in every state, but some have made it easier than others.
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What can Congress do about funding for the USPS and vote-by-mail efforts?

by David Brancaccio , Rose Conlon , Erika Soderstrom and Alex Schroeder
Aug 19, 2020
State and local budgets are hurting from the pandemic and could use the help.
U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (right), D-Md., speaks alongside fellow members of Congress outside of the headquarters of the USPS.
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USPS $3.9 billion from being in the black

by Jed Kim
Nov 15, 2018
The U.S. Postal Service lost almost $4 billion during the 2018 fiscal year.
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U.S. announces plan to withdraw from 144-year-old international postal treaty

by Kimberly Adams
Oct 17, 2018
The Trump administration announced today that it’s planning to pull the United States out of a relatively obscure 144-year-old treaty. The Universal Postal Union sets rates that national postal services charge for shipping small parcels to other countries. The move could affect how much you have to pay when you buy stuff online, especially if the […]
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U.S. announces plan to withdraw from 144-year-old international postal treaty

by Kimberly Adams
Oct 17, 2018
The Trump administration announced today that it’s planning to pull the United States out of a relatively obscure 144-year-old treaty. The Universal Postal Union sets rates that national postal services charge for shipping small parcels to other countries. The move could affect how much you have to pay when you buy stuff online, especially if the […]
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Forever Stamp hoarders: your investment just got a little more valuable

by Janet Nguyen
Oct 11, 2018
The price of these stamps will increase from 50 cents to 55 cents.
"Forever" first-class stamps.
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The post office may be losing money, but Amazon is not to blame

by Reema Khrais and Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 2, 2018
Packages from the e-commerce world have helped USPS see double-digit increases in revenue.
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