MARYSVILLE — In the beginning, it sounded simple: Start each meeting with a nondenominational prayer to promote harmony on the city council. But since the practice began in January, the ecumenical ...

The Kennewick City Council was evenly split Tuesday night on whether to start council meetings with a prayer, which the city attorney said would be fine if certain rules are followed. A decision on ...

A freethought group's challenge to prayers opening Birmingham City Council meetings could have been issued to just about any city council in the greater metropolitan area. It's a common tradition in ...

Adding a prayer would involve the council approving a resolution in a vote adapting a new policy to insert invocation onto a ...

For about 90 minutes Monday afternoon, a group of local residents laid out a compelling case for why the Stuart City Commission ought to begin its meetings with a formal prayer. Then, in the next five ...

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 ...

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 ...

WELLINGTON — Heads were bowed Tuesday night in the Village Council chambers as Deacon Vincent Muller of St. Therese de Lisieux Catholic Church gave the pre-meeting invocation. Muller, wearing two ...

The power of prayer vs. the authority of government came to a clash a few weeks ago when community members in Suffolk County, Virginia, began praying "The Lord's Prayer" together in unison during a ...