Residents and businesses in more than a dozen communities across eastern Massachusetts are continuing to creatively manage trash disposal amid the monthlong Republic Services waste collection strike.

Meanwhile, in a separate lawsuit, cities and towns suing Republic lost their bid to force the company to pick up their trash.

Unions representing pilots for US regional carriers Mesa Airlines and Republic Airways recently ratified a "formal unity ...

There continues to be little progress as waste collection workers from Republic Services remain on strike a month into the ...