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Unimpressed with post office banking trial, backers eye new initiative

Advocates of postal banking say a current trial is a dud and are eyeing a House appropriations bill that would set up a new test.

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Plan to fix Postal Service shifts new retirees to Medicare — along with billions in costs

A congressional effort to fix the nation’s deteriorating mail service may come at the expense of an even bigger and more complicated problem: Medicare solvency.

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Why the US Postal Service ended up with gas-guzzling trucks

The world is going wild for electric vehicles, but not the United States Postal Service. The agency said earlier this week it is moving forward with a plan to replace its current mail trucks with a new fleet powered almost entirely by internal combustion engines. The $6 billion contract with…

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Postal Service stands by plan for internal combustion engines - Roll Call

The Postal Service is planning a new delivery fleet dominated by internal combustion engines despite objections from environmental groups.

Roll Call

USPS gets final signoff to order new delivery vehicles

The U.S. Postal Service says it has cleared the final regulatory hurdle to placing orders for next-generation mail vehicles

The Independent UK

Postal Service seals deal for gasoline trucks, rejecting call for electric vehicles

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service has finalized a contract to replace its mail truck fleet with new Oshkosh Corp. models, almost all of them gasoline powered, after the Biden administration unsuccessfully lobbied for buying more electric vehicles.

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Two widely supported bills are encountering delays in the Senate

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Sticking with gas-guzzlers over EVs could delay postal upgrade

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service is expected in coming days to reaffirm its plan to pay Oshkosh Corp. as much as $6 billion over 10 years to replace an aging fleet of red-white-and blue delivery vans with mostly gasoline-powered models instead of climate-friendly electric vehicles.

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Timothy L. O'Brien: Congress may rescue the Postal Service from itself

The U.S. Postal Service is dysfunctional, timeworn, and hemorrhages billions of dollars a year. It’s also an essential operation that still knits communities together and helps major private carriers get their packages to doorsteps.

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Congress must do its part to make sure Postmaster DeJoy does his job

The Senate has failed to consider Biden’s nominees to the USPS Board of Governors, leaving it ill-equipped to hold DeJoy accountable and ensure quality mail service.

Chicago Sun-Times

House bill would ease budget strains on Postal Service

The House is close to approving a bipartisan bill that would lift onerous budget requirements that have helped push the Postal Service deeply into debt

The Independent UK

Postal Service says it could buy more EVs if Congress funded it

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service said it could buy more electric vehicles if more funding were available, following Biden administration criticism of the agency’s plan to replace its fleet mainly with gas-powered delivery trucks.

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DeJoy defies Biden on electric trucks

At least one congressman called for the Postmaster General's ouster following the incident

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Biden officials mount last-minute electric mail truck push

WASHINGTON — Biden administration officials are pushing the U.S. Postal Service to buy more electric vehicles instead of spending billions on gas-powered models as it replaces its aging fleet.

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The Independent UK

EPA: New mail-delivery fleet needs more electric vehicles

The Environmental Protection Agency says a U.S. Postal Service plan to replace its huge fleet of mail-delivery trucks has too few electric vehicles and falls short of President Joe Biden's goals to slow global warming

The Guardian - US

‘Building back worse’: Wisconsin’s fight over the production of USPS vehicles

Political and labor leaders say that unless Wisconsin-based Oshkosh Defense’s production is done in state, Democrats will be hurt in November’s elections

Chicago Sun-Times

Website for free at-home COVID-19 testing runs into some ordering issues

A "small percentage of orders" was impacted, a Postal Service spokesman said.

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