Postmaster General Louis DeJoy intends to eliminate two-day local delivery for first-class mail by gathering it with three- to five-day postal service envelopes and to ban first-class mail delivered by air, Washington Post reports. Only 38 percent of two-day first-class mail is currently delivered on time, according to federal post office records, and the agency is underwater financially, losing $ 9.2 billion last year due to a drop in mail during the coronavirus pandemic. and nearly $ 200 billion in debt. DeJoy’s plan is likely to lead to further delays and he also intends to introduce price increases. DeJoy told him Post the plan had not been completed.
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