Postal Service

The nearly bankrupt U.S. Postal Service is moving ahead with plans to close dozens of mail processing centers, saying it can no longer wait for Congress to decide how to cut postal costs.

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The struggling U.S. Postal Service is trying to tamp down concern over its wide-scale cuts, saying it will seek to keep hundreds of rural post offices open with shorter hours.

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With big postal cuts looming, the Senate is deciding whether to stabilize the ailing U.S. Postal Service with a short-term cash infusion while delaying most decisions on closing post offices and ending Saturday mail delivery.

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Secretaries of state say closing mail-processing centers and post offices could disrupt absentee voting this year.

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A reminder that the United States Postal Service has scheduled a meeting in St. Cloud on the planned closing of the Waite Park Distribution Center. The meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. tonight (Thursday) at the Holiday Inn.

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The United States Postal Service has scheduled a meeting in St. Cloud on the planned closing of the Waite Park Distribution Center. The meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 22nd at the Holiday Inn.

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The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service says it wants to move quickly to close 252 mail processing centers. However, after today's (Monday) announcement, we still don't know what that means for the distribution facility in Waite Park.

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A U.S. Postal Service facing possible bankruptcy plans to more broadly outline an estimated $3 billion in cuts today and fast delivery of first class mail is likely to be a casualty.

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It'll cost a penny more to mail a letter next year. The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service announced Tuesday that it will increase postage rates on Jan. 22, including a 1-cent increase in the cost of first-class mail, to 45 cents.

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Postal workers rallied today (Tuesday) outside the office of Congresswoman Michele Bachmann in Waite Park. It was just one of several rallies held throughout the country.

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