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Officials urge get ballots in pronto

Belt-tightening mail delivery measures could lead to more ballots being rejected

Salon · 4h ago

Why Are Mail Carriers Putting Dryer Sheets in People’s Mailboxes?

Imagine opening your mailbox and finding something unexpected tucked between the bills and grocery store advertisements: a scented dryer sheet. You didn’t put it there,...

Saving Advice · Oct 11

House Dems seek probe of USPS plan for new mail truck fleet

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are seeking an investigation into a U.S. Postal Service plan to replace its aging mail trucks with mostly gasoline-powered vehicles

The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2022

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 · Feb 23, 2022

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.

Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2022

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.

Tribune News Service · Feb 13, 2022

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.

Tribune News Service · Feb 10, 2022

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.

Tribune News Service · Feb 6, 2022

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.

Tribune News Service · Feb 3, 2022

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 Independent UK · Feb 2, 2022