The Chicago City Council, like many other legislative bodies, typically opens meetings with an "invocation"—essentially, a prayer or moment of reflection. Clergy from a wide range of religious ...

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 ...

County commissioners believe they are on solid legal ground with a new policy for pre-meeting invocations that they approved Tuesday. The County Commission has not had invocations at the start of its ...