Amazon (NasdaqGS:AMZN) and eBay (EBAY) hold opposing positions after lawmakers proposed legislation to simplify the process of states’ collecting online sales taxes, the New York Post reports. Amazon says legislation … More: continued here
Bethlehem ’s South Side post office will not be shuttered as part of the U.S. Postal Service’s nationwide discontinuance study, a service spokesman said Wednesday. More: continued here
Advertisement Journal Seven Colorado offices removed from study listGunnison Country TimesA similar meeting took place last spring for Parlin's office. The four local post offices were identified among nearly 4000 nationwide for a “discontinuance study.” The decision to drop Pitkin and Sargents from the list comes on the heels of USPS …Advertising on Post Office…
Rep. Janice Hahn (D-Venice) has joined in support of an appeal to the U.S. Postal Service’s decision to close the historic Venice Post Office. More: continued here
Republican & Herald Mahanoy Plane Post Office shuts doorsRepublican & HeraldJacqueline Dormer/staff photos Mark Bernardyn, Gilberton, and his daughter, Payton, leave the Mahanoy Plane Post Office on Wednesday afternoon just before it closed. … More: continued here
West Nyack merchants slog to storm recovery; post office set to reopen MondayThe Journal News | LoHud.comThe flooding was so intense that the West Nyack post office closed, reducing local traffic to the area, which businesses depend on for customers. But three months after the devastation, downtown West Nyack is limping back to normal. …Flooded…
Discussion Continues on Postal Office ClosuresWDIO-TVThe fate of another Duluth Post Office hangs in the balance, the West Duluth branch was discussed at a meeting on Wednesday night. Dozens of postal customers and citizens came to a meeting at Denfeld High School, the second in a series on the topic. …Uneeda Post Office Customers Petition…
MAHANOY PLANE – Today, those who live in Mahanoy Plane will have to get their mail in Frackville.The post office in Gilberton Borough closed Wednesday because the building’s owners decided not to renew the lease. The clerk of the office – the only empl More: continued here
The Spokesman Review Nampa food stamp users gain national attentionIdaho Press-TribuneTJ and Rebecca Fowler, of Nampa, began receiving food stamps in 2008 after the birth of their son, Miles (pictured). They were featured on national television this week to help give a face to participants in the food stamp program, which has rapidly …Idaho's Food…
Amid a bleak economy that has forced record numbers of Coloradans to rely on food stamps, there is one bright spot: The state has vastly improved its once-dismal record for speedy processing of new applications, despite the unprecedented demand. More: continued here