A Mississippi commission has picked a state flag to replace of the old flag, which was retired this summer because it featured a Confederate flag, but it’s up to Mississippi voters to now decide ...

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill on Tuesday to remove the Confederate emblem from the state’s flag — a historic decision that will officially put the 126-year-old banner, if not the ...

The new state flag features a magnolia flower, a symbol of hospitality, surrounded by 20 stars, signifying Mississippi’s status as the 20th state in the union, and a gold five-point star to ...

The Mississippi state legislature voted on Sunday to replace its state flag, the last in the nation to display the Confederate battle emblem. The removal of the flag marks the latest Confederate ...

Mississippi removed the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag in June The new Mississippi state flag design was chosen Wednesday and will appear on the November ballot for voters to approve.

Much of Mississippi galvanized around the effort to remove the state flag. Residents now want to seize on the momentum created by the triumph. The Mississippi state flag bearing a Confederate ...

Mississippi on Tuesday voted to replace its state flag, which had been the last one in the U.S. to include an image of the Confederate-themed battle flag. The new state flag will feature the ...

Mississippi lawmakers on Saturday took steps toward changing the state flag and its Confederate battle emblem following weeks of mounting pressure. Legislation that lays the groundwork for a ...

A Republican candidate for attorney general wants to change Mississippi's state flag. Too many young people are leaving the state, Andy Taggart said, and that's because Mississippi is stuck ...

the Mississippi Economic Council, which led the campaign to rid the state flag of the familiar Confederate symbol -- a blue cross with 13 white stars. With 93 percent of precincts reporting ...

The current state flag did not fly over Mississippi during the Civil War but was a product of Reconstruction Era efforts to turn back the clock on the state’s at that point meager racial ...