Outstate MN cities fight postal service closings

Posted on August 26, 2014August 26, 2014 by 21cpw

50 U.S. senators have joined Minnesota mayors in the fight to save four processing centers. National lawmakers have joined Minnesota mayors in the fight to keep mail processing centers in four outstate cities from closing. Earlier this summer, the U.S. Postal Service announced a plan to shutter dozens of mail processing centers across the county…

Sen. Franken to Postal Service: Don’t close mail processing centers in Minnesota

Posted on July 2, 2014July 3, 2014 by 21cpw

WASHINGTON, D.C. [07/02/14]—Today, U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) pressed the U.S Postal Service to reconsider its plan to close four mail processing centers throughout Minnesota. The closures, he said, will hurt Minnesota’s rural communities and drive more and more customers away from using the Postal Service. In a letter to the Postmaster General sent Wednesday,…