Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sign reading "In God We Trust" are seen in Kristi Garrison's first grade classroom at Eddie Ruth Lagway Elementary School, ...

MAGNOLIA, Texas -- A school district just outside Houston is now the second district in Texas to adopt a prayer period under a newly-enacted state law, according to a newspaper report. The Houston ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Despite constitutional concerns from opponents, the Texas Legislature forged ahead in a key vote on Thursday to allow a period for prayer or religious study — part of a larger national ...

Forney students kneel in prayer before an April school softball game. Student-led prayer is common at sporting events. Now Texas lawmakers are close to passing a prayer period during the school day.

Magnolia ISD has become one of the first school districts in the Houston area - and only the second known so far in Texas - to approve a daily period of prayer under a new state law. Several other ...

The bill that won a key vote in the Texas House on Thursday will allow school districts to set aside time for prayer or religious study. (Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune, Miguel Gutierrez ...