Rep. Collins Introduces Legislation to Protect Community Post Offices

Jun 19, 2019 – Press Release WASHINGTON—Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) today introduced H.R. 3333, the Community Post Office Act, to require the United States Postal Service (Postal Service) to receive written approval from local governments before relocating any post office facility. “As cities across the country are experiencing rapid growth, post offices are struggling to…

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Initial Comments of Steve Hutkins on PRC’s Jurisdiction Over Post Office Closings

February 4, 2016 To most patrons of the post office, the questions being examined in this docket — “what, in commenters’ view, constitutes a relocation or rearrangement of postal services and is thus exempt from Commission review pursuant to section 404(d); and when or if the Commission should have jurisdiction to review the closing or…

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No discontinuances, but more post office suspensions and relocations

October 2, 2015 As a result of all the public protest, the Postal Service has stayed away from post office closings over the past two years, and if legislation recently proposed by Senator Tom Carper were to be approved as is, there would be a moratorium on all post office closings for the next five…

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Where will Flint’s downtown post office go?

By Ron Fonger – August 25, 2015 FLINT, MI — A representative of the United States Postal Service says the agency is looking at several possible locations for a new downtown post office branch, including the building it recently moved out of. “Several locations have been identified … Our plan is to look at those…

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Coralville, IA post office relocates

A new U.S. Postal Service branch in Coralville began serving customers Saturday morning after a grand opening ceremony. The new branch, open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, is located at 2150 James St. This location replaces the Coralville Station post office, which was at…

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