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August 17, 2020

Baltimore City and Maryland State Leaders are expected to discuss their concerns over mail delivery delays and postal equipment removal at 12PM today at the USPS Distribution Center in Downtown Baltimore....

August 17, 2020

As concerns mount over policy changes and mail delays with the United States Postal Service, Maryland congressional leaders called for billions of dollars in relief to be passed during a gathering on Monday, while at least one leader called for the resignation of Postmaster Louis DeJoy. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) was joined by Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD), Reps.

August 17, 2020

A group of Maryland's federal and state legislators on Monday blasted changes to the U.S. Postal Service that the lawmakers said could lead to delays and critical problems as voters mail in their ballots for the November presidential election.... The news conference came amid reports of mail delivery delays and the removal of some processing machines in Maryland, and the news that the U.S.

August 17, 2020

The COVID-19 outbreak and the country's long overdue reckoning with institutional racism have dramatically laid bare deep-rooted inequities in our society — inequities driven by our broken democracy. It's time to find solutions, and we believe many of them lie in ending the twin evils of voter suppression and money in politics….

August 16, 2020

Amid growing public alarm over the actions of the United States Postal Service's new leader, Maryland Democrats moved over the weekend to spotlight how those actions have slowed mail delivery — including the processing of ballots this November. U.S. Sens. Benjamin L.

August 14, 2020

Democrats accused President Trump on Thursday of trying to skew the 2020 elections by forcing a slowdown at the U.S. Postal Service, as the President said without extra funding - which he opposes - the Postal Service would not be able to deal with an increased number of ballots being sent by mail in 2020 due to the Coronavirus outbreak.

August 14, 2020

Members of Baltimore's congressional delegation on Friday pressed the U.S. Postal Service to address prolonged service delays, even as the union representing local postal workers says their processing equipment is being dismantled. In their letter to U.S.

August 10, 2020

Frustrated lawmakers made surprise visits Monday to post offices in Dundalk and Essex, as the U.S. Postal Service said it was reviewing its staffing following complaints of severe mail delivery delays in the Baltimore area. "They need a lot more people," U.S. Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger of Baltimore County said after speaking to customers and managers at the two postal facilities.

August 5, 2020

The University of Maryland Support, Advocacy, Freedom and Empowerment (SAFE) Center for Human Trafficking Survivors, which aids survivors of human trafficking in Montgomery and Prince George's Counties, was awarded $500,000 in federal funding.

July 31, 2020

Maryland officials Maryland's congressional delegation is asking for an additional $32 billion in coronavirus relief funding for U.S. public transit systems — and for a larger share to go to transit systems serving mid-sized cities, such as Baltimore, where people depend heavily on the regional buses and trains.