Royal Mail faces great challenges because of new technology and market liberalisation, but has a talented workforce and the backing of the public ( Last-minute talks to avert two-day postal strike , 21 October). Last year it made a huge profit. But the current dispute looks as if it could …
Read More »Trump to Turn DC’s Old Post Office Into Hotel – Fox Business
Trump to Turn DC's Old Post Office Into HotelFox BusinessThe Trump Organization finalized a $200 million agreement with the General Services Administration to redevelop the Old Post Office building in Washington, D.C., into a luxury hotel. The deal was struck in June, but Congress had 30 days to vote against …
Read More »Yonkers post office robbery: Police seek public’s help (video) – The Journal News / Lohud.com
Yonkers post office robbery: Police seek public's help (video)The Journal News / Lohud.comYonkers post office robbed at gunpoint: U.S. Postal Inspection Service and Yonkers police respond to robbery of a post office at 355 S. Broadway on August 5, 2013. Video by Hoa Nguyen/The Journal News … More: continued here
Read More »Trump moves forward with Old Post Office redevelopment – Federal Times
MSN News Trump moves forward with Old Post Office redevelopmentFederal Times“The Trump Organization is committed to preserving the architectural integrity of The Old Post Office while creating a hotel that will be peerless both in its amenities and design, and I look forward to sharing details of that design in …
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Read More »Postal service closes Alorton and Cahokia post offices – SuburbanJournals
KSDK Postal service closes Alorton and Cahokia post officesSuburbanJournalsValerie Welsch, a U.S. Postal Service spokeswoman, said today the post offices will remain closed until the mold is removed. The postal service leases both of the affected post offices. Welsch says the agency is notifying the owners of the mold problem.Alorton, …
Read More »Alorton, Cahokia post offices shut down indefinitely
The U.S. post office buildings in Alorton and Cahokia have been closed until further notice. Accord More: continued here
Read More »Food stamps eliminated from farm bill – The Seattle Times
Philly.com Food stamps eliminated from farm billThe Seattle TimesThe House of Representatives and House Republican leadership recently took a bold step to separate the farm bill into farm policy and feeding programs (food stamps). [“Budget plans imploding, Congress is heading home,” News, Aug. 2.] When asked for a …Time to take …
Read More »SNAP Judgment – Slate Magazine
Slate Magazine SNAP JudgmentSlate MagazineLast winter a delegation of high-profile nutritionists made the rounds of D.C. lawmakers to discuss ways to improve the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, aka food stamps. One of their proposals: Could SNAP explore limiting the types of food …Cuts to Food Stamps to Impact 1.8 Million …
Read More »Post office closed in Alorton
Many residents in Alorton are upset because the post office where they live has been abruptly closed More: continued here
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