In The News
Boeing’s DC Powerbroker Rebuilds Clout After Fallout From 737 Max Crash (From Bloomberg) Lexington COO Loren Thompson was quoted in a Bloomberg article outlining Boeing’s effort to rectify its public image. In the wake of Congress’ December decision to side with the aerospace giant, Boeing’s DC lobbying team can direct their focus toward r ...
Holiday Postal Deliveries On Track For Christmas Despite Delays (From NBC News) Lexington’s Paul Steidler was quoted in an NBC News story about the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS’s) holiday delivery readiness and related issues. The story noted he has spoken to customers in Kansas, Washington, Montana, Maryland, and Vermont who have ...
For Some In North Dakota, The Mail Does Not Come Through (From The Dickinson Press) Lexington’s Paul Steidler was quoted in a North Dakota News Cooperative story published by the Dickinson Press and other in-state publications regarding mail delays. These are primarily due to labor shortages and increased package delivery among North ...
USPS Proposes Hiking Stamp Prices Early Next Year (From KARE-TV, NBC Affiliate, Minneapolis, MN) Lexington’s Paul Steidler was quoted in a story by KARE-TV, the NBC television affiliate in Minneapolis, Minnesota, about the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS’s) plan to raise first-class mail prices by an average of 4.2 percent in January 2023. The price o ...
Sen. Hawley Calls For USPS Audit After Growing Northland Mail Issues (From FOX4KC/WDAF-TV Kansas City, MO) Lexington’s Paul Steidler was quoted in print and broadcast stories from the FOX television affiliate in Kansas City, Missouri about protracted slow mail delivery in the Northland region. Senator Josh Hawley requested an audit by the U.S. Postal Servic ...
Oshkosh Defense Sent A Big Contract To The Non-Union South — Will It Keep Future Jobs In Wisconsin? (From PBS Wisconsin) Lexington COO Loren Thompson was quoted in PBS Wisconsin’s segment on Oshkosh’s new contract outside of Wisconsin, which could potentially drive a large number of jobs and billions of dollars away form the state. Early last year, Oshkosh secured a mult ...
Delays With USPS Delivery In Multiple States (From Newsy) Lexington’s Paul Steidler was quoted in Newsy’s article about major USPS staffing shortages affecting delivery rates in several states. "When the Postal Service told us repeatedly, loudly and very clearly in return for the lower the longer delivery tim ...
Congress Mandates More Federal Info Sharing About UFOs (From Government Technology) Lexington COO Loren Thompson was quoted in a recent piece by Government Technology discussing recent Congressional action permitting the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) at Ohio’s Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to investigate reports ...
Ukraine War Is Backdrop In US Push For Hypersonic Weapons (From ABC News) Lexington COO Loren Thompson was quoted in a piece by ABC News and the Associated Press on the U.S. Navy’s push for combat-ready hypersonic weapons. The U.S. is currently behind Russia on hypersonics. Russia claims to have deployed hypersonic missiles, ...
Germany To Buy F-35s, Upgrade Eurofighters In Blow To Boeing (From The St. Louis Post-Dispatch) Lexington COO Loren Thompson was quoted in a piece by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch discussing Germany’s decision to purchase the cutting-edge F-35 fighter jet. Manufactured by Lockheed Martin, the F-35 seems poised to push out the Boeing-made Super Horn ...