Slower, more expensive mail in store for U.S.

The United States Postal Service is good to go on its plan to slow down the mail and implement aggressive price increases, according to the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) in a pair of decisions handed down this week.

The PRC expressed skepticism about the wisdom of adding an additional day to service standards for both First-Class and Periodicals mail (the mailing class newspapers use).

The RPC …