Voters in Mississippi gave approval to a new state flag that bears the image of a magnolia flower rather than a Confederate battle emblem. Sixty-eight percent of Mississippi voters approved of the new ...
Mississippi's flag commission agreed on a process for selecting a new state banner at its first meeting Wednesday, despite still lacking three members to be appointed by Gov. Tate Reeves. Department ...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The next Mississippi state flag could have a magnolia instead of the Confederate battle emblem. It’s been nearly two months since legislators acted under pressure to retire the ...
JACKSON, Miss. -- Spectators at the Mississippi Capitol broke into applause Saturday as lawmakers took the first steps toward erasing the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag, a symbol that ...
The Clarion Ledger documented Saturday's historic sequence in real time as the Mississippi House and Senate surpassed the two-thirds threshold needed to suspend its rules and introduce a bill to ...