The postal service previously announced that priority mail would increase by 6.6 percent on January 18. Meanwhile, the priority main express service is surging 5.1 percent, ground advantage is climbing by 7.8 percent, and parcel select by 6 percent.

The U.S. Postal Service has launched a new platform for e-commerce retailers to submit bids for its last-mile delivery service.

Amazon has decided to end its long running delivery relationship with the United States Postal Service, marking a major shift in how the retail giant moves packages across the country. The partnership,

Postmark dates for mail sent through the USPS may no longer match when you mail items due to operational changes. Manual postmarks will still be available at retail locations for free.

USPS announced these price changes, but the new prices will officially go into effect this week, as priority mail, priority mail express service, ground advantage, and parcel select are all seeing price increases of more than 5 percent.

Businesses are worried that they will incur higher costs to comply with a proposed rule from the U.S. Postal Service that would require submission of parcel dimensions for small packages. The post USPS proposal requiring small parcel dimensions raises compliance fears appeared first on FreightWaves.

The U.S. Postal Service's new postmark process could lead to late fees and penalties when mailing time-sensitive documents if you wait too long.

The USPS’s mail processing rule affects people who are sending things on tight deadlines, such as tax returns or mail-in ballots. This is because a postmark could show a date days later than when the piece of mail was originally mailed, according to USA Today.

In late December, the Postal Service added language to its Domestic Mail Manual clarifying that “the postmark date does not inherently or necessarily align with the date on which the Postal Service first accepted possession of the mailpiece,

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) is delivering a message to the United States Postal Service (USPS). Blumenthal is taking aim at recent USPS changes to postmarks

New USPS price hikes reshape shipping costs in 2026, forcing individuals and small businesses to reassess budgets and per-pound expenses.