HONOLULU (KHON2) — A newly introduced bill moving through the state legislature aimed at reducing abandoned shopping carts in Hawaii communities is generating debate between lawmakers and the retail ...

A new Phoenix ordinance that went into effect on Jan. 15 requires retailers to keep shopping carts on-site using GPS trackers, locking wheels, or professional retrieval teams. Stores could face fines ...

A new shopping cart ordinance has taken effect in Phoenix. The new ordinance requires retailers that provide shopping carts to customers to complete a certification. The certification confirms the ...

PHOENIX — Phoenix stores that provide shopping carts to their customers must complete an annual certification to comply with the city’s new shopping cart ordinance. The new ordinance, which will go ...

Phoenix retailers are approaching a deadline to comply with a new ordinance aimed at preventing stray shopping carts. The ordinance, enacted by city leaders in September, requires retailers to equip ...

As President Donald Trump piled on new tariffs last year, many economists quickly warned that prices and unemployment would spike. With most of the 2025 economic results in, it’s looking like those ...

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Earlier this year, San Jose politicians announced they were targeting the thousands of abandoned shopping carts clogging creeks and blighting streets. Now the first data on a pilot program aimed at ...

As part of a year-long effort to rein in San Jose's problem with abandoned shopping carts, the city has been reviewing proposals to hire a company to retrieve and return carts to grocery stores. A ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Taylor Soper on Dec 15, 2025 at 7:41 ...