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Treasury Secretary Lew Meets With Boehner, Pelosi

Associated Press — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:16:10 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Jack Lew is meeting on Capitol Hill Friday with House Speaker John Boehner and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

The Treasury Department says Lew is updating the House leaders separately on the state of the economy, both in the U

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Survey Shows Support For Mail Delivery Changes

Doug Randall — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:46:04 +0000

The U..S. Postal Service says a survey of Americans by a market research company shows most people support the elimination of Saturday regular mail delivery.

The service recently announced the change to cut costs, effective August 5th

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Postal Service Cuts to Save $2 Billion

Doug Randall — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:15:50 +0000

A spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service says the elimination of regular Saturday mail delivery on August 5 and other cost-cutting moves should save the agency roughly $2 billion per year.

David Rupert with the agency's Denver office says other measures will include steps to cut down on fuel costs and various efforts to reduce expenses

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Postal Service Mailing Deadlines Approaching

Doug Randall — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:46:57 +0000

A spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service says deadlines for mailing items to reach their destination by Christmas Day is fast approaching.

David Rupert says the deadline for Christmas packages to Afghanistan has already passed, although he says the service will do everything it can to get cards and packages there as quickly as possible

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Letter Carriers 'Stamp Out Hunger' Food Drive Saturday

Doug Randall — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:50:23 +0000

On Saturday May 12, Cheyenne and Laramie County letter carriers will help ''stamp out hunger" by conducting the largest single day food drive in the nation, according to Sara Weber with United Way of Laramie County. She says people can contribute to the drive by leaving non- perishable items such as canned goods, rice and pasta by their mail boxes Saturday.

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Bairoil, Jay Em Retain Post Offices [AUDIO]

Doug Randall — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:24:51 +0000

The U-S Postal Service has decided to continue operating post offices in the Wyoming Communities of Bairoil and Jay Em. But the future of several other small-town post offices, including in such communities as Byron and Frontier, remains in doubt. Amy Richards has a report. A Senior Economist with the state's Economic Analysis Division says the latest state economic report contains more good news than bad news. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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