Rep. Richmond and Mayor Landrieu fight planned shutdown of New Orleans mail processing facility

Posted on May 15, 2015May 15, 2015 by 21cpw

By Bruce Alpert – May 14, 2015 WASHINGTON — Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-New Orleans, is lashing out at the U.S. Postal Service for what he calls “illogical” and unsubstantiated justification for the planned shuttering of a mail processing facility on Loyola Avenue in New Orleans and giving the work to an existing facility in Baton…

Rep. Richmond proposes bill to allow post offices to offer banking services

Posted on July 24, 2014July 24, 2014 by 21cpw

(July 24, 2014) WASHINGTON — Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-New Orleans, proposed legislation Thursday that would allow the U.S. Postal Service to offer banking services such as check cashing, savings and checking accounts and small loans. He said the proposal, endorsed in January by the Postal Service’s inspector general, would improve the agency’s finances while offering…