But another part of DeJoy's plan— an effort to slow delivery standards — sparked a host of concerns from the PRC, which pointed out that about 4 out of 10 pieces of mail would take two additional days to reach their recipients. Critics say the most impacted customers would be in Western states including California and Arizona as well as Florida, Texas and Maine — and potentially have an outsized impact on rural and elderly customers. While the USPS has argued that the slower delivery standards will save money for the postal service, the PRC said there wasn't evidence that this would actually be the case.
She added, "The plan also fails to provide sufficient evidence to justify exceptionally limited cost savings projections, use of a flawed demand model and unfounded notions that the majority of American citizens and businesses will actually experience increased satisfaction with these sweeping service cuts.
A group of 21 state attorneys general last month asked the PRC to reject the USPS' plan to slow deliveries, calling it a "misguided effort" that would harm election mail, mailings of essential documents such as passports and birth and death records and have disproportionate impact on the elderly, rural residents and the disabled. The states joining the petition range from California to North Carolina. Here's what to know about the temporary price increases, including what kind of mail it applies to.
This story was recently updated. To help close a budget deficit the service has been running since , the US Postal Service is taking a series of steps overseen by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy -- some more controversial than others -- to get its financial house in order.
The temporary rate hike is to cover extra handling costs the Postal Service said it expects to see starting the first week of October with the increase in holiday-related shipments. From Oct. Note that this price increase is not for letters -- the post office just increased the cost of stamps in August see below for more. The Postal Service defines a "parcel" as anything that isn't a postcard, letter or flat a large envelope, newsletter or magazine.
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