House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Ranking Member, Jamie Raskin (D-MD), and other members of Congress asked the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) on May 23 to block the July postal rate increases.
The News/Media Alliance worked with United States Senators Peter Welch (D-VT) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) to today’s introduction of a bipartisan bill, the Deliver for Democracy Act, legislation to limit excessive postal rate increases and incentivizing reliable postal service delivery.
In response to a bipartisan letter from U.S. Senator Peters, Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and 25 colleagues, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has committed to pause changes at mail processing facilities across the United States until after January 1, 2025.
The News/Media Alliance submitted comments to the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) on May 9 regarding the continuing concern of rate increases on periodicals.
On this World Press Freedom Day, the News/Media Alliance pays tribute to all journalists in recognition of their vital service to their communities.
On May 1st, the News/Media Alliance joined 42 other organizations in a joint statement, led by the Society of Professional Journalists, in calling on the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to acknowledge the unconstitutionality of their actions and drop the baseless charges against journalist Carlos Sanchez, who was arrested while covering protests at the University of Texas at Austin.
Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) led an effort sending a letter to the United States Postal Service Board of Governors questioning Postmaster General DeJoy’s leadership, which has resulted in unsustainable rate hikes and poor service.
On April 16, the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a postal hearing, “Oversight of the United States Postal Service,” which highlighted significant postal service problems, particularly service delivery, that affect our members’ ability to deliver timely news and information to their subscribers.
Maine has enacted stronger anti-SLAPP protections after passing a statute based on the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act (UPEPA), a model statute that provides some of the strongest protections against meritless claims designed to chill free speech.
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is proposing further postal rate increases of close to 10%, on top of increases already implemented earlier this year. The News/Media Alliance is calling on Congress to question the Delivering for America Plan, which is costing billions of dollars.
