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 ...

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 ...

For as long as anyone can remember, the St. Tammany Parish Council has prayed before their meetings, with a council member leading a brief Christian prayer before the legislative body turns to ...

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 ...

Lawmakers who defend the prayers cite the nation’s founders and say they’re following a long tradition of prayer before public meetings. They say residents don’t have to participate and having 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 ...

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 ...