Post Office

Constitution Daily (blog) Can America survive without the United States Postal Service?Constitution Daily (blog)The ability of Congress to “establish Post Offices and Post Roads” is spelled out in Article 1, Section 8, of the Constitution, as part of a very short list of enumerated congressional powers. The Framers saw the …

New Post Office set to be based in petrol stationThis is StaffordshireVILLAGERS could soon see the return of their post office after plans were unveiled to open a new service inside a petrol station shop. The Post Office wants to re-introduce services in Wetley Rocks after the village's branch in …

Bank of Ireland rubberstamps its Post office deal until 2023Belfast TelegraphAn agreement for the bank to provide Post Office-branded financial services products such as savings accounts, insurance, mortgages and credit cards was due to expire in 2020. The Irish lender's UK subsidiary has around 2.8 million UK customers through … …

The Lookout News Historic Santa Monica Post Office in JeopardyThe Lookout NewsAugust 6, 2012 — The Santa Monica Landmarks Commission will explore designating as a landmark the 74-year-old Main Post Office building the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) plans to shut down and possibly sell to pay its growing debt, The …

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POST office users across Teesside are struggling to find services due to “temporary” closures lasting years. More: continued here

"Postal Road Warrior" Delivers to Rural OregonPublic News ServiceBut Jamie Partridge is a man on a mission: to help small towns, if they want it, to fight the closure of their local post offices or, in larger cities, their mail processing plants. After 27 years delivering mail in Portland, he's …

As the United States Post Office misses key financial payments, critics and supporters speculate about bankruptcy or worse for an institution that predates the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. More: continued here

Anger at closure of Post Office closures on TeessideGazette LiveThe Post Office has blamed a failure to find suitable premises and a shortfall in people offering to man services, but the Communication Workers' Union (CWU) said that the Post Office's business model is at fault. On Teesside, the branches that …

Taking a one-tank trip to the Postal MuseumTimes BulletinThe museum reminds visitors the importance of the post office, one of the few agencies even mentioned in the Constitution, and that the post office used to be the major banking system in the country. The mail carriers were even in charge …