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The U.S. Postal Service on Sunday will raise the price of a first-class Forever stamp from 78 cents to 82 cents, the latest in a series of increases aimed at stemming the agency's mounting financial losses. Over the past five years, the agency has raised the price of a first-class stamp six times, increasing the cost 34% from 58 cents in 2021 to 78 cents before the hike set to kick in on July 12.

Story Highlights Louisville-area residents report renewed USPS delays, with some mail and packages taking weeks to arrive after reaching the Gardiner Lane Processing and Distribution Center. Congressman Morgan McGarvey says his office is again receiving complaints about delayed bills, medicine and packages, and he is pressing USPS for more staffing, resources and better planning. USPS says operations at the Louisville facility are normal, while regional on-time delivery has improved to just over 83% this year, though customers continue to report serious delivery problems.

Postal Service (USPS) has proposed a rate increase that would raise the price of a first-class Forever stamp from 78 cents to 82 cents. The change marks the first USPS price adjustment since 2022 and reflects the organization’s efforts to keep pace with rising operational costs amidst a transforming communication landscape. This development comes as USPS continues to navigate financial challenges due to a decline in physical mail volumes in favor of digital alternatives, though package delivery services have become a significant revenue source.

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Australian advertisers buying through Amazon DSP can now place audio ads across Spotify’s podcast network via the Spotify Ad Exchange. It comes after the channel previously carried only music-related audio and video inventory. Meanwhile, 47 per cent of podcast listeners aged 12-34 have said Spotify is their preferred podcast platform, which opens up a bigger audience that brands can now reach through Amazon DSP for the first time.

Spotify podcast inventory is now available programmatically through Amazon DSP, the first time podcasts on Spotify can be bought this way. In October 2025, Spotify and Amazon connected Spotify Ad Exchange to Amazon DSP for music and video inventory across nine markets. Advertisers in Australia and Japan can now buy audio and video inventory through Amazon DSP, and advertisers in India gain access to video, with Spotify first-party data available directly in the platform.

Spotify today extended its programmatic advertising partnership with Amazon, adding podcast inventory to the direct integration between the Spotify Ad Exchange and Amazon DSP for the first time. Spotify also opened its inventory to advertisers in Australia and Japan for the first time, covering both audio and video formats in those markets, while extending video availability specifically to India. Spotify's podcast network reaches an audience with 90% unique reach relative to its ad-supported music tier, meaning the substantial majority of podcast listeners on the platform do not overlap meaningfully with the listeners reached through music inventory alone.

The Humboldt County Planning and Building Department held a meeting on the proposed project in April. “And it could be that there are things that could be considered significant adverse environmental effects, and an EIR would be prepared. Those issue areas will be summarized in an “Effects Found Not to Be Significant” section of the focused EIR.

The bipartisan leaders of the state's elections commission are urging U.S. Postal Service officials to reject a proposal to require states to hand over some voter information to the Trump administration or risk losing delivery of mail-in ballots.