Tag Archives: United States Postal Service (USPS)

Despite national pause, Oregon is stuck with USPS changes that locals say hurt small businesses

Despite a pause in a national plan to consolidate postal services, the effects have already taken root in Oregon. State and local lawmakers are calling for changes to post office operations in Southern Oregon. On Tuesday, Oregon Senator Ron Wyden and Medford Mayor Randy Sparacino called on the U.S. Postal Service to reverse changes in […]
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Oregon House Republican leader used minor ballot delivery delay to question election integrity

Postal workers in two counties took a few hours longer than usual to deliver ballots to county election offices. Oregon’s House Republican leader sent state election officials scrambling this week after he used a minor delay in delivering mailed ballots to clerks in two counties to raise doubts about the integrity of the state’s voting […]
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Malheur County avoids ballot delays plaguing other parts of Oregon

Amid concerns that some post offices were holding onto ballots, state elections officials met Thursday, May 16, with representatives of the United States Postal Service. Gayle Trotter, Malheur County Clerk, said she was made aware that ballots were being held at some locations. On a conference call with the postal service and other county clerks, […]
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Postmaster DeJoy agrees to 8-month pause on consolidations

U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley: ‘So much damage has already been done to our delivery system’. After a strong bipartisan effort opposing the consolidation of United States Postal Service operations, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has agreed to a nearly eight-month pause. DeJoy issued a statement May 9 saying he would halt consolidation until January 2025. Source: Postmaster […]
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U.S. Postal Service promises to fix practices that caused minor delays in ballot delivery

Post offices in at least two Oregon counties created minor delays in getting ballots to county elections offices, but the situation has been resolved and will not cause any major problems in the May 21 primary election, Oregon’s elections director said. The delays were caused by confusion over who is responsible for counting ballots to calculate […]
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Oregon elections officials meet with USPS after delays reported in some ballot returns

Oregon elections officials met with representatives from the United States Postal Service on Thursday morning, after concerns emerged that some post offices across the state were delaying delivery of completed ballots sent by mail. “In no uncertain terms, they have said, ‘We will fix this. This should not be happening,’” said Molly Woon, the state’s […]
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Businesses, residents protest ongoing Postal Service delays

U.S. Postal Service’s 10-year consolidation plan under scrutiny. United States Postal Service officials claim they have resolved “early transitional issues” for Southern Oregon as part of an ongoing consolidation, but state and national leaders, as well as postal customers, say little has improved. The region’s postal workers have told the Rogue Valley Times that large amounts […]
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USPS cost-cutting measures affect rural communities – OPB’s Think Out Loud

One of the many parts of a 10-year-plan to make the U.S. Postal Service financially sustainable involves reductions to rural postal service. U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy was appointed by then-President Trump in 2020. The cutbacks to rural service are part of DeJoy’s “Delivering for America” plan. We talk with Baker City Herald Editor Jayson […]
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Critics: New Postal Service policy could slow mail delivery

A U.S. Postal Service policy that took effect in late February in Oregon means outgoing mail at more than two dozen mostly rural post offices in Northeast Oregon will be picked up later than it has been. Critics say the change could result in some pieces of mail, including packages as well as first class […]
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Postal workers say Rogue Valley operations are slower since changeover

The proposal was announced, the objections were aired, and the decision was made: the U.S. Postal Service re-shaped its operations in the Rogue Valley, sending some operations to Portland that were previously performed in Medford. By several accounts, mail now moves more slowly between Rogue Valley points, since a trip to Portland is involved. The […]
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