(The Center Square) – Nevada mail will not be routed through Sacramento, California, as proposed by the United States Postal Service.
USPS has been working on a modernization plan to try to save money and help USPS be more efficient. The plan was to move local mail processing from Reno to Sacramento, but a bipartisan group of Nevada’s elected officials opposed the plan, calling it misguided.
“The announcement that this widely opposed transfer of local mail processing operations will no longer happen is a huge win for our seniors, veterans, and every person in Northern Nevada who depends on timely mail delivery,” said Senator Jacky Rosen in a news release. “I will always stand up to Washington on behalf of Nevada and make sure our voices are heard.”
Rosen made similar comments in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto also celebrated the news, saying she and Senator Rosen worked “immediately to stop it” after hearing about the plan from Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.
Representative Mark Amodei pushed for legislation in June to provide federal legislators better access to USPS facilities and prevent them from having to “jump through hoop after bureaucratic hoop” to get oversight.
“I’ve had extensive conversations with the House Committee on Oversight about the best ways Congress can oversee the Postal Service,” said Amodei in June. “There is more work to be done, but I believe we are on our way to holding USPS leadership accountable for a decision that should be reversed.”
Governor Joe Lombardo held a news conference in May with Rosen to voice their opposition.
“This announcement came despite multiple requests for USPS to present the data that informed this decision,” wrote the legislators and governor in a May letter to USPS.
The group went on to say that their requests went unanswered for months and were ignored during a United States Senate oversight hearing with the Postmaster General.
“As the USPS Board of Governors, we urge you to conduct your oversight responsibilities to stop this ill-considered plan from going into effect.”
