United States Postal Service

The House is pushing ahead with a vote Saturday on legislation on the Postal Service.

Democrats contended that the changes threatened mail-in voting, and some states planned to file lawsuits.

The special postmark includes the city, date of the Eclipse, the time and duration of the totality, and the latitude and longitude of the city.

In an announcement made earlier this month, the US Postal Service told customers that as of May 16, they will no longer ship electronics like iPads, Kindles, smartphones and other devices containing lithium batteries overseas. This means that people who want to ship electronics to troops serving abroad will have to pay a premium to go through private shipping services.

DENVER (AP) — Colorado Sen. Mark Udall is backing an effort to prevent closing rural post offices for at least two years. Udall joined other senators on Wednesday in backing the amendment to a bill that would stabilize the U.S. Postal Service...

RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service plans to end mail processing in three Wyoming cities to save money. Under a plan released Thursday, mail processing now done in Rawlins and in Wheatland will move to Cheyenne and operations in Rock Springs will shift to Salt Lake City...

Facing huge budget shortfalls, the United States Postal Service has proposed solutions including closing hundreds of post offices and eliminating Saturday deliveries. Now it may be considering jacking up the price of stamps, too.

If you haven’t bought stamps in awhile, you may want to stock up — they’ll cost more after this weekend.