Following Push from Rep. Craig, USPS Launches Investigation into Delayed Delivery of New Prague Times

October 7, 2025 Press Release WASHINGTON, DC – In response to pressure from U.S. Representative Angie Craig, the United States Postal Service (USPS) recently notified Rep. Craig’s office that it will be launching an internal investigation into reports of delayed delivery of the New Prague Times . This announcement
follows a letter Rep. Craig sent to
USPS Postmaster General David Steiner and MN-ND District Manager Angela Bye
last month demanding answers on the status of the new New Prague post office
after her office received reports from the New Prague Times that their
newspapers were not being delivered to their subscribers on time. In addition, the
response to Rep. Craig from USPS identified 1101 1 st Street Northeast as
the proposed site of the new New Prague post office. USPS anticipates a grand
opening around September 2026. “I'm glad to see local
USPS leadership taking this issue in New Prague seriously,” said Rep. Craig. “At a time when freedom of the press is under attack in this country, it is
more important than ever that Minnesotans are able to access local journalism.
On behalf of Minnesotans and the local news organizations that keep them
informed, I’ll keep the pressure on USPS to ensure newspapers and magazines are
being delivered on time – and I’ll keep working with USPS leadership to get the
much-needed New Prague Post Office up and running.” Rep. Craig has
consistently spoken out against unacceptable USPS performance in the South
Metro and has led the charge to improve mail service and protect USPS from
privatization. Local letter carriers and others have also raised the alarm
about leadership changes that are impacting morale and culture in Minnesota
post offices. This Congress, Rep.
Craig introduced her Deliver for Democracy Act , which would limit
price increases on stamps until the USPS can achieve at least a 95% on-time
delivery rate for periodicals and require the USPS to report annually to the
U.S. Postal Regulatory Commission on its progress – including on-time delivery
data for newspapers in its periodical service performance measurement. In February of 2024,
following more than a year of advocacy alongside then-New Prague Mayor Duane
Jirik, Rep. Craig announced the USPS’ plans for a new post office in New
Prague, MN. And in January of 2024,
following Rep. Craig’s bipartisan call for a statewide
investigation , the USPS OIG announced an investigation of the entire MN-ND
postal district. In January of 2023, she
launched an online USPS survey to gauge the extent of postal issues in the
Second District and received more than 3,300 responses from Minnesotans. Rep.
Craig delivered those responses
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