USPS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) this week led Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) in reintroducing the bipartisan, bicameral Deliver for…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s tenure at the U.S. Postal Service was a disaster for Vermont residents and postal workers alike. DeJoy and the national management of the USPS failed to promptly reopen a fully-functioning Post Office in downtown Montpelier following the July…

By Lisa Rathke, AP News MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont’s capital city of Montpelier is finally getting a new post office, 15 months after catastrophic flooding inundated the downtown, officials announced. A grand opening celebration is planned for Saturday at the location at 89 Main Street, the…

MONTPELIER, VT–  Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today joined Vermont postal employees and American Postal Workers Union (APWU) members, the Montpelier Commission of Recovery and Resilience, community advocates, and postal customers to call on U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to…

USPS has an internal benchmark of restoring service 180 days after a natural disaster. Montpelier’s Post Office has been closed for more than 440 days MONTPELIER, VT—U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and U.S. Representative Becca Balint (VT-At Large) on Tuesday…