District 4 Tulsa City Councilor Laura Bellis proposed switching from an opening prayer at the start of City Council meetings to a moment of silence. Current Council rules call for regular ...

After reviewing the recommendation, commissioners voted unanimously to approve prayer before the opening of meetings, though Commissioner Joe Stevens emphasized that Tinti’s guidelines should be ...

Brevard's newest school board member is kicking 2025 off with a goal of putting prayer at the start of meetings. Adding a voluntary invocation before board meetings, John Thomas said, would be ...

The Tulsa City Council will no longer have a prayer before its meetings. The decision came after a pagan woman gave the opening invocation last fall, which drew significant criticism. The council ...

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Tulsa has gotten rid of the opening invocation at council meetings following controversy surrounding a prayer last year. Councilors voted 8-1 Wednesday to replace the opening invocation with a moment ...

Raphael, Angel of happy meetings, lead us by the hand towards those we are looking for! May all our movements, all their movements, be guided by your light and transfigured by your Joy.

Brevard's newest school board member is kicking 2025 off with a goal of putting prayer at the start of meetings. Adding a voluntary invocation before board meetings, John Thomas said, would be “a ...