MLive: Michigan senator wants to keep post offices serving rural areas from closing

LANSING — United States Sen. Gary Peters wants to help keep open mail processing facilities that serve rural communities in three parts of the state with new federal legislation.

Peters, D-Bloomfield Township, joined colleagues in introducing the Rural Postal Act of 2015, which would place a two-year moratorium on the closing of postal mail processing facilities. The bill would also preserve six-day mail home delivery and restore delivery standards.

If passed, the bill would protect mail processing facilities in Lansing, Kalamazoo and Iron Mountain. All three facilities are in danger of closing.

"People across Michigan and the nation rely on the Postal Service to provide timely home delivery, from elderly Americans who depend on social security checks and prescription drugs to small businesses that need time-sensitive documents," Peters said in a statement.