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 ...
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.
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" ...
There's a general rule of thumb in these United States: If you're a member of a county or local school board and people around the country know your name, that's so seldom a good sign. Sure, if you're ...
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 ...
As far as City Manager Steve Kimbrough can remember it had been 15 years since Corning’s City Council had begun one of its bi-monthly meetings with an invocation. That all changed on Tuesday as the ...
Galloway Township Council is expected to approve a plan later this month to allow its meetings to begin with a short government-approved prayer. “It was clear to us that the majority of the citizens ...
In a narrow, 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the government may begin town meetings with a prayer, so long as it doesn't discriminate against non-Christians in its selection. In its ...