September 17, 2020
A federal judge in Washington state temporarily blocked the U.S. Postal Service from going ahead with service changes before the November election, ruling Thursday in a suit brought by more than a dozen states over concerns about how the changes could affect mail-in ballots.
September 15, 2020
The U.S. Postal Service struck back at states suing to undo service changes before the November election, arguing to a Washington federal court Tuesday that they lacked standing to sue and that their concerns about delayed mail-in ballots were "speculative."
September 10, 2020
A Philadelphia federal judge said Thursday that he would expedite a lawsuit brought by multiple states seeking to reverse changes that allegedly slowed down the U.S. Postal Service, shortly after 14 more states joined the fray with a similar petition for an injunction in Washington state.
August 18, 2020
Attorneys general in Washington and Pennsylvania said Tuesday they were filing suit on behalf of a broad coalition of states challenging operational changes within the U.S. Postal Service, hours before the service announced it would halt further changes until after the November election.