Post Office cutting backKTKA.com, KSIt's also eliminating more than 3000 management and processing jobs. 80 administration offices will be closed, and 500 people will lose their jobs. We spoke to an employee at a post office here in Topeka, he doesn't believe it will effect any Topeka … More: continued here
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Read More »Create Post Office bank, group urges government – Aberdeen Press and Journal
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