Leaders, residents express concern over slowed down mail delivery in central Illinois – State Journal-Register (Springfield)

U.S. Rep. Nikki Budzinski said that three-to-five-day mail in central and southern Illinois is on time about 59 percent of the time, while it was around 93 percent seven years ago. People at the roundtable discussion talked about problems for retaining local USPS employees and a convoluted hiring process, as well as logistical challenges facing the agency, particularly in rural areas.