WASTE WATCH: USPS Packages Go Missing or Undelivered (video)

COLUMBUS (Brooks Jarosz) — Several viewers have claimed the U.S. Postal Service is slow, late and unreliable, so ABC 6 Investigators started asking questions and holding the government accountable. James Baker wants to keep his ride running, so he ordered a manual for his car online. But after two weeks, he’s still waiting by his…

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Postal Service yanks Fort Worth Post Office from market

The U.S. Postal Service has pulled the downtown Fort Worth Post Office off the market, a spokeswoman for the agency confirmed Tuesday. That came shortly after board members of Fort Worth’s Lancaster tax increment finance district on Tuesday authorized $7 million for the city to make an offer for the historic main Post Office at…

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TAUBE: The 19th-century precedent for privatizing postal services

Privatization is an idea whose time has come, again Miracle of miracles. The U.S. Postal Service finally understands that the only possible route toward survival is to dramatically reform itself. Postal Regulatory Commissioner Robert G. Taub acknowledged this harsh reality. “If a downturn in the economy or other circumstances further stress the Postal Service’s cash…

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Highway Trust Fund: GOP, White House Tout Opposing Proposals

With only two months before a crucial fund for highway projects nationwide is tapped, House Republicans and the White House touted dueling plans Tuesday aimed at avoiding a late-July construction shutdown. Speaker John A. Boehner told Republicans in a private morning meeting that leadership’s plan to raise cash for a temporary $15 billion road fix…

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Wyden Focused on Finding Bipartisan Funding for Highway Bill (Video)

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is keeping his options open on how to fund a new highway bill in order to help foster a bipartisan solution. “Nothing has been agreed to, nothing has been ruled out, nothing has been ruled in,” Wyden told reporters Tuesday. “And the way it’s going to work is…

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Obama Administration won’t rule out post office cuts to fund highway bill

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The Obama administration is not ruling out a Republican proposal to fund the nation’s highways with cuts to the U.S. Postal Service, the head of the Transportation Department said Tuesday. DOT Secretary Anthony Foxx emphasized that he and President Obama strongly prefer a four-year plan to refill the nation’s highway trust fund with new corporate…

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