Philadelphia Orchestra musicians have won first-in-the-nation protections against hearing loss. The groundbreaking provisions, which could serve as a model for other orchestras, are part of a contract...

Ukraine’s Parliament ratified an agreement allowing the country to join the European Defence Fund and participate in EU-backed defence research and development projects.

Diplomatic immunity is a legal shield that protects foreign envoys from being arrested or sued in the country where they work. Its purpose is not to benefit the person. The main treaty says it exists so that diplomatic missions can do their work as representatives of their states [1]. The rules come from the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, which entered into force in 1964 [1]. It is almost universally ratified . What the protection covers Some terms first. The "sending state" is the country that posts the diplomat.

The Apopka City Commission voted unanimously Sept. 24 to ratify a three‑year collective bargaining agreement with IAFF Local 5293 covering fiscal years 26/27 through 28/29; the contract was presented as a retention and recruitment tool after several residents urged ratification during public comment.

" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/fortworthreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Christmas-new-years-2025-28.jpg?fit=780%2C520&ssl=1" />The four-year agreement up for approval Tuesday includes across-the-board raises and incentive pay throughout the life of the contract.

Two hundred and fifty years ago today, Pennsylvania ratified its first constitution. This anniversary, coinciding with America’s 250th, is a timely reminder that the American tradition of enshrining rights in written, fundamental law is as old as American independence itself — in fact, it’s even older. Yet, we tend to credit the federal Constitution alone for protecting our rights as citizens and forget the state constitutions entirely. Before the American colonies declared independence, the Continental Congress passed a resolution recommending that the colonies reject British colonial governments and create their own. The colonies thus began to write their first constitutions, five years before America’s first federal constitutional document, the Articles of Confederation. A noteworthy feature of several of these state texts, Pennsylvania included, were bills of rights, inspired by the American Revolution and the inherited English-rights tradition. After failing to appeal to Parliament and the unwritten English constitution for natural-rights protections, the colonists realized that their laws — and the rights they protected — must be tangible and knowable in order to be secure. As these rights declarations became common in state constitutions, many people found it curious when the 1787 federal Constitutional Convention passed a constitution without a bill...

President Donald Trump’s administration urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow it to remove migrants to countries other than their homeland without giving them an opportunity to raise human righ...