NOAAâs Fisheries Service will require commercial fishermen who fish for yellowfin tuna, swordfish and other species with longlines in the Gulf of Mexico to use a new type of hook, called a weak hook, designed to reduce the incidental catch of Atlantic bluefin tuna. The hooks will be required starting May 5, 2011.
Price for first-class stamp rises to 49 cents. It's going to cost you a few pennies more to mail a letter. The cost of a first-class postage stamp is now 49 cents â 3 cents more than before. Regulators approved the price hike in December, and it went into effect Sunday. Many people won't feel the increase right away: Forever stamps are good for first-class postage at whatever the future rate.
Related Coverage. (WKRG) â Beginning Sunday, Jan. 22, the price of forever stamps will go up to 49-cents which is an increase from the current price of 47-cents. This is the first time since 2015 that the U.S. Postal Service has raised the price of stamps. However, stamps only cost 47-cents for less than a year after a price drop in April 2016.