From the article: "The congressman said mail delays and operational breakdowns inside the USPS are just not acceptable. “It’s poor planning, it’s bad management,” Loudermilk said. ...Metro Atlanta postal center built to make things easier could be to blame for major delays..."
From the article: "reporting on packages being stuck at the Missouri City processing center for weeks. ...
Since December 2023, we've been reporting on packages being stuck at the Missouri City processing center.
The postal service blames the delays on network modernization, saying a new system is causing “some unintended and temporary” disruptions."
From the article: "...The indictment says Alexander Dockery destroyed, detained and delayed letters, postcards, packages and other mail over a six-month period in 2018. Dockery was working as a mail handler at the Huntsville facility at the time. ..."
From the article: "...One month after the holidays, people are just now receiving Christmas cards postmarked early to mid-December. And complaints have been pouring into NBC4 Responds from people who are waiting for their bills, medications and even stimulus payments..."
From the article: "...Deteriorating postal service has begun to affect magazines and other periodicals, even newspapers that depend on timely delivery to their customers. In a recent news report, the publisher of a small, rural weekly newspaper in South Dakota said her advertising business had been hurt because it sometimes was delivered a week late, arriving with a more recent edition. ..."
From the article: "...Maine-based firm that relies on a nearby processing facility to quickly deliver shipments. Bazinet says he might have to lay off workers if his firm can no longer guarantee speedy mail deliveries...."
From the article: "...claim about trucks parking on the roadside is verified by the fact that the Postal Service purchased a $2,000 permit, valid Dec. 21 through Feb. 1, allowing use of curb lanes for parking near the Baltimore plant. That was after Baltimore's Department of Transportation issued several citations for illegally parking on the road...."
From the article: "...the postal system is rethinking its commitment to overnight first-class mail. Currently, first-class mail is supposed to be delivered to homes and businesses within one to three days...."
From the article: "...Postal executives are seriously considering the idea and are expected to announce new plans regarding delivery schedules after Labor Day, according to USPS officials...."
