WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. Postal Service isn’t waiting any longer for permission from Congress to quit delivering mail on Saturdays. It says it’s going ahead with plans to start five-day-a-week delivery in August.

Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe (DAHN’-uh-hoo) says the agency’s financial condition is urgent, and the change will save about $2 billion a year.

Under the plan, letters would be delivered to homes and businesses only from Monday through Friday. Packages would continue to be delivered on Saturdays.

Mail would still be delivered to post office boxes on Saturdays, and post offices now open on Saturdays would remain open.

The newspaper and magazine industry may feel the impact most as it relies on the Postal Service for Saturday delivery.

North Dakota Newspaper Association Executive Director Roger Bailey said he has already contacted U.S. Senator, John Hoeven, and Heidi Heitkamp, and Representative Kevin Cramer, about stopping the plan.

Bailey said othe main concern is eliminating Saturday delivery of mail will create a backlog of mail that postal workers will have to deal with on Monday.