Postal Service says stamp prices are going up
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 19th, 2011 4:34 am by HL
Postal Service says stamp prices are going up
Nothing lasts forever.
Stamp prices will climb 1 cent starting in January, the U.S. Postal Service said Tuesday.
The cost of a first-class stamp — also known as a forever stamp — will rise to 45 cents on Jan. 22, the first price increase in more than 21 / 2 years, the USPS said. The cost of sending magazines, standard mail and some package services also will rise, but prices for Express Mail and Priority Mail will stay the same.
Federal Diary: Whistleblowers get a defender
There’s been something special lately about the Office of Special Counsel.
It’s doing its job.
OSC is an independent federal agency with a long and well-deserved reputation for failing to protect federal whistleblowers, although part of its mission is “to safeguard the merit system by protecting federal employees and applicants from prohibited personnel practices.”
Rick Perry to hold economic and foreign policy meetings in Washington
Texas Gov. Rick Perry will travel to Washington on Friday for a series of economic and foreign policy meetings with dozens of lobbyists, trade association executives and conservative leaders, according to a source with knowledge of Perry’s schedule.
The source said Perry intends to use the private meetings to preview key elements of his sweeping plan to reform the tax code, overhaul government regulations and balance the federal budget. Perry spokesman Mark Miner confirmed the Washington meetings and said the governor plans to publicly unveil his economic plan on Oct. 25.
Fact checking the CNN Republican debate in Las Vegas
The Republican debate hosted by CNN’s Anderson Cooper Tuesday night was certainty lively and at times feisty. Here’s a tour through some of the “facts” tossed around by the candidates. We may come back to some other facts later in the week.
“And all of the claims that are made against [Herman Cain’s 999 tax plan], it is a jobs plan. It is revenue neutral. It does not raise taxes on those that are making the least. All of those are simply not true.”
