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Senate seeks to slow closing of rural post offices
Washington :: DC :: USA | 1 year ago
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The Senate moved Tuesday to impose new restrictions on the closing of rural post offices, adopting a provision that would prevent them from being shuttered for at least a year. Under the measure, the ailing Postal Service would
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How some senators would fix the Postal Service
Easton :: MD :: USA | 1 year ago
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Postal Service wants Congress to make it easier to cut costs and change the mail delivery schedule, but proposals unveiled this week could place even more restrictions on when, where and how Americans receive their mail. Senators spent most of the
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Udall backs delaying closure of rural post offices
Denver :: CO :: USA | 1 year ago
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Sen. Mark Udall is backing an effort to prevent the closure of rural post offices for at least two years. Udall joined other senators in backing the amendment to a bill reforming the U.S...The Senate is weighing whether to give the ailing Postal
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Merkley says he'll keep fighting to keep rural post offices open
Reedsport :: OR :: USA | 1 year ago
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The Tiller post office may be remain open if Congress passes legislation that could provide the U.S. Postal Service with financial relief that may keep it from closing rural post offices across the nation. News-Review file photo It could take an
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Even money-losing rural post offices must stay open, Merkley says
Washington :: DC :: USA | 1 year ago
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Postal Service, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., contends that rural post offices deserve to stay in business even if they lose money. The economy is losing money if the post office shuts down, he said in an interview this week outside the Senate chamber.
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Anger over plans to replace 2,000 rural post offices with downgraded services in garages and shops
London :: United Kingdom | over 1 year ago
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As many as 2,000 rural post offices are to close in favour of downgraded services which will open up in other commercial premises, it has emerged. Around one fifth of the network's 11,500 branches will be changed into new 'PO Locals' offering limited
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Merkley bill could save Tiller post office
Roseburg :: OR :: USA | over 1 year ago
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JoAnn Gilliam, shown leaving the Tiller post office after mailing a letter, said she would hate to see the post office she's used for 40 years closed as the U.S. Postal Service looks to trim costs after losing $10 billion nationwide in the fiscal
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Bill to save rural post offices gets more supporters
Juneau :: AK :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Alaska (AP) Alaska's U.S. senators are helping sponsor legislation intended to save rural post offices from closure...Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden of Oregon; Jerry Moran of Kansas, and Jon Tester of Montana in sponsoring the Protecting Rural Post
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Possible Conflict in Rural PO Closures
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Gov. Terry Branstad says his ownership of about a dozen buildings that house rural post offices in Iowa poses no conflict of interest with his criticism of the U.S...Branstad said Tuesday that only one of the 178 rural post offices slated for closure
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Michaud Voices Concern over Potential Maine Post Offices Closures
Millinocket :: ME :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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Search State Congressman Mike Michaud has expressed concern about a study that the Postal Service is undertaking to determine which of its retail locations it will close. Maine has a number of post offices on the list under consideration. Michaud
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