Bipartisan legislation to overcome persistent postal delays, surging rate increases

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Peter Welch (D-VT) May 21 introduced the bipartisan Deliver for Democracy Act, legislation that would help rural newspaper delivery by incentivizing reliable postal service and limiting excessive rate increases.In recent years, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has consistently raised rates for periodicals under the guise of increased effi...