WASHINGTON — Texas lawmakers prodded the U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday to provide bottled water to mail carriers in San Antonio, a long-standing practice the workers say stopped last month despite the extreme heat roasting the state. A Dallas letter carrier, Eugene Gates Jr., collapsed on the job and died June 20 during a heat wave. “This heat s particularly dangerous for letter …
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August 10, 2023