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Senate endorses pilot to let select rural post offices provide state services
Summary
Senate sponsor said SB 65 would allow about 10 rural post offices to offer state services such as hunting and fishing licenses, using state systems alongside federal postal operations; the Senate passed the bill on third reading after questions about costs and staffing.
Senator Maine presented Senate Bill 65, which would authorize a pilot allowing select rural post offices to provide both federal postal services and specified state services (for example, fishing and trapping licenses) through a state computer interface. Maine said the measure is intended to help sparsely populated counties lacking reliable internet and that the department heads and the governor's office had been…
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