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?" ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Osceola County School Board said it received a letter from the Freedom from Religion Foundation.The group is challenging the district's use of prayer during meetings.The school board's attorney ...

The prayer was for brotherhood, peace, courage and guidance — not dissimilar from the dozens of other prayers given before Sedgwick County Commission meetings this year. There was one key difference, ...

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 ...