Holding prayer before meetings was first discussed during a Jan. 9 board meeting. The original amendment board members could open meetings with prayer and prevented them from invoking "Jesus Christ" ...

A push to allow prayer before school board meetings in Cabarrus County has drawn legal warnings, political backlash and renewed attention to how public bodies across the region incorporate religion ...

HAMMOND | City Councilman Anthony Higgs said he will continue to offer a prayer at Hammond City Council meetings, amid the U.S. Supreme Court's review of the practice at local government meetings.

The Pueblo County Commissioners will start meetings twice a month with a prayer, according to a new policy recently passed by commissioners. The decision was made in a 2-1 vote along party lines ...

The Indiana General Assembly opened a can of worms with pre-session prayers a couple of years ago that clearly weren't generic enough to cover a multitude of faiths. And now those worms are back on ...

A U.S. federal court judge has shut down a move by the Chino Valley school board to allow prayer at its board meetings. Almost nine years ago, a court ruling called on the board to stop “reciting ...

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 ...

The decades-long tradition of saying a prayer before Rapid City Council meetings has received the blessing of the U.S. Supreme Court, and local prayer backers say this should quell the threats of ...

The wood-lined walls of the Meridian City Council chambers have heard a lot: hours of testimony on proposed In-N-Outs; impassioned pleas about new subdivisions and the challenges of city growth. But ...