If Mississippi changed its state flag, ... After a rebellion against Spain in 1810, the area that now includes Mississippi was briefly the Republic of West Florida under the Bonnie Blue Flag, ...

Though it has never been adopted as a state flag, the Republic of West Florida, including a portion of the area that eventually became Mississippi, flew the flag in 1810 when it revolted against ...

Laurin Stennis of Bay St. Louis on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, creator of the Stennis Flag, rejected the magnolia flag was an acceptable option to the Confederate-tinged flag MS now flies.

Mississippi’s current flag was introduced in 1894, ... a banner first flown in 1810 by the short-lived Republic of West Florida, which encompassed a portion of modern Louisiana.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves said Wednesday, for the first time, that he probably would not stand in the way if legislators muster a large enough majority to ...

GOP officials in Mississippi on Wednesday proposed replacing the state flag's Confederate battle emblem with the words “In God We Trust,” a call that comes amid nationwide protests over racial ...

Two of Mississippi’s top elected Republicans proposed Wednesday that the Confederate battle emblem be replaced on the state flag with the words “In God We Trust.” ...

Mississippi voters chose to keep the flag in a 2001 statewide election, but the design has remained contentious. Elsewhere in the country, ...

FROM DOWNTOWN JACKSON. YEAH, HUSBAND HAS BEEN SILENT ON THE ISSUE WHILE THE DEBATE HAS RAGED HERE AT THE CAPITOL AND AROUND THE STATE WITH HIS STATEMENT TODAY. THAT MEANS THERE COULD BE A VOTE ON THE ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two of Mississippi’s top elected Republicans proposed Wednesday that the Confederate battle emblem be replaced on the state flag with the words “In God We Trust ...