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Post office of the future will be busier than ever!
September 16, 2011It is time for us all to ask the billion-dollar question: What is the role of the United States Postal Service in the 21st century?
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Postal unions, postal service collide over layoff scheme, health care cuts
September 16, 2011The nation's postal unions and the U.S. Postal Service's management have collided over management's latest plan to close what it says is a yawning deficit: mass layoffs, violating union contracts, and cuts in health care.
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Hurricane forecast moves closer to home for millions
August 25, 2011Republican Gov. Chris Christie, notorious for his insistence that the federal government stay out of New Jersey, is already demanding federal aid.
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Big Business hiding more of its money
August 17, 2011The U.S. collects less in corporate taxes as a share of GDP than 24 out of 26 industrialized countries, ahead of only Chile and Mexico.
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Emergency manager cuts endanger Detroit schools
August 17, 2011Ten thousand Detroit Public Schools teachers and support staff are quickly finding out how undemocratic Michigan's emergency manager law is.
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