Transportation

Postal regulators move to let stamp prices jump higher

Seeking to bolster the ailing U.S. Postal Service, federal regulators moved on Friday to allow bigger jumps to stamp prices beyond the rate of inflation, a move that could eventually add millions more dollars to companies' shipping rates and consumer costs.

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___ Top Republican claims enough votes for Senate OK of tax bill WASHINGTON (AP) — A $1.4 trillion tax bill written by Republicans is headed toward passage after some last-minute wrangling.

Transit plan: End overnight subways to speed up repairs

An aggressive plan to repair and improve New York's aging subway system in the next 15 years and a proposal to turn a wide swath of New Jersey's Meadowlands into a national park to help combat sea level rise are among recommendations in a master plan released Thursday by an urban planning think tank.