Los Angeles Times

Huntington Beach mayor will select who gives invocation at City Council meetings

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 ...
Modesto Bee

Modesto City Council invocations: Whom they’re for, who gives them and why it matters

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 ...
Albuquerque Journal

Doña Ana County Commissioners drop invocations from public meetings

LAS CRUCES — “The beginning of a governmental business meeting is not the time for prayer,” Jan Thompson told the board of Doña Ana County Commissioners on Tuesday. Since 2018, the commissioners’ ...
Green Bay Press-Gazette

Green Bay City Council disagrees on the merit of invocations, but how common are they elsewhere?

GREEN BAY — As the City Council began, as usual, with the Pledge of Allegiance, the idea behind its words of “One nation, under God, indivisible” was under scrutiny Tuesday. The issue divided not just ...
Florida Today

'An example to students': Brevard school board discusses adding prayer at meetings

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 ...