SAGINAW, MI — It's a long-time tradition of the Saginaw City Council to say a prayer then the Pledge of Allegiance before each meeting begins. The Saginaw County Board of Commissioners follows ...

The U.S. Supreme Court declared in 2014 in a 5-4 vote that prayer before governmental meetings is legal, as long as it does not discriminate among religions or coerce members to take part.

The Elmhurst City Council is considering the idea of opening meetings with a prayer, and some people inside and outside the community are upset. At the council’s meeting Feb. 1, at the reques… ...

A prayer or lack thereof before the meeting is unlikely to have any impact on the larger culture of the community. Of course people shouldn't be disenfranchised or threatened for their beliefs.

Council member David Cougle, who also supports prayer before Parish Council meetings, cited a U.S. Supreme Court case, Town of Greece vs. Galloway, in which the court determined that prayer before ...

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 ...

Greene County commissioners voted to say a prayer before all meetings, which some residents say blurs the line between church and state. 45 ...