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 ...

For about 70 years, Bay City Commission meetings have begun with a prayer, but that may soon change. A resolution proposed by ...

It's part of Tulsa City Council meetings, along with the Pledge of Allegiance, that usually goes unnoticed until the invocation at the council's November 20th meeting caught the attention of ...

The issue divided not just the religious from the secular, but traditionalists and reformists over whether to continue invocations that begin Green Bay City Council meetings after the pledge.

City councilors voted Wednesday to amend the Council Rules and Order of Business to remove the invocation before regular council meetings and replace it with a moment of “silent prayer or ...

At the beginning of each meeting of Green Bay’s city council, there is the Pledge of Allegiance and an invocation. For his 16 years as mayor, Jim Schmitt would lead the council in prayer.

The city typically holds a short invocation at the start of formal council meetings and has included members from a variety of faiths, including Christianity, Judaism, Islam and Sikhism.

In a rare 4-3 vote, the Twin Falls City Council on Monday approved a resolution to have an invocation, or prayer, at the beginning of public city council meetings. Debate grew heated as councilors ...