Brevard's newest school board member is kicking 2025 off with a goal of putting prayer at the start of meetings. Adding a voluntary invocation before board meetings, John Thomas said, would be “a ...

WASHINGTON — It happens every week at meetings in towns, counties and cities nationwide. A lawmaker or religious leader leads a prayer before officials begin the business of zoning changes, contract ...

CLARK COUNTY, Wash. — The Clark County Council is facing controversy over its longstanding practice of starting meetings with prayer. For years, the council has opened its sessions with an "invocation ...

A North Carolina school board meeting turned hostile after one board member lashed out at a Christian board member's proposal to adopt a prayer before meetings, asking, "How much prayer do you need?" ...

To the Editor: I recently read an opinion piece bemoaning the Nashua Board of Education’s decision to eliminate prayer at the beginning of its meetings. To that I say “Thank you.” ...

South Western school officials continue to debate whether to introduce prayer at board meetings. The matter came up after the November election ushered in a new slate of right-wing board members ...

The long-standing practice of the Big Spring School Board beginning public meetings with a prayer is unconstitutional, according to federal case law and the opinions of two law professors. “This is a ...

Centerra South wasn’t the only controversial topic discussed at Monday’s meeting of the Loveland Planning Commission. A discussion about adding a prayer to the commission’s regular agenda sparked a ...

An exchange between school board officials in North Carolina has gone viral after one of the members was met with ridicule after requesting to start the meeting with prayer. At an April 14 Cabarrus ...

Many cities start their council meetings with prayer — or nothing at all — but Duarte is more likely to begin its governmental proceedings with jumping jacks, trivia questions and by reflecting on ...