Over the last five years, almost all invocations before Modesto City Council meetings have been given by Christian faith leaders, but it’s unclear when the practice began or how it might impact civic ...

Each Polk County Commission meeting begins with a prayer led by a church leader, or in some cases, with a secular invocation by an atheist group. If the commission approves a change to the process ...

It’s not everyday that you hear the words “Hail Satan” uttered at a local government meeting. An opening invocation given at a Washoe County Commissioners meeting raised some eyebrowns Tuesday when ...

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — Prayers before Coeur d’Alene City Council meetings could be seeing their final Amen, as reported by the Coeur d'Alene Press. The city, which recently took over scheduling ...

The invocation given before Huntington Beach City Council meetings has been an afterthought in the minds of many. It has traditionally been handled by leaders of the Greater Huntington Beach ...

Brevard County Commissioner Curt Smith wants to bring invocations back at commission meetings — or at least just before them. Commission meetings haven't had an invocation since November 2017, as a ...

Staff File Photo By C.B. Schmelter / Now-Red Bank Mayor Hollie Berry works on a torch painting during an artists festival at the Chattanooga Market in 2017. Red Bank Commissioner-elect Hollie Berry ...

For the first time in Grand Junction's history, an atheist will deliver the invocation at Wednesday night's City Council meeting. The event is a landmark for the local atheists' group, Western ...

Tuesday's Brevard County Commission meeting was preceded by an invocation — for the first time in more than three years. As a result of a federal lawsuit successfully brought by atheist, agnostic and ...

Members of the clergy aren't always known for time-management skills -- especially when it comes to praying. But Thomas Harrison, president of Broken Arrow Ministerial Alliance and associate pastor of ...

Each Polk County Commission meeting begins with a prayer led by a church leader, or in some cases, with a secular invocation by an atheist group. If the commission approves a change to the process ...