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But move on to what? As of Wednesday, we know at least one option that can be ruled out: the Great Mosquito flag. The Commission to Redesign the Mississippi State Flag is in charge of the ...
A new Mississippi state flag design was chosen on Wednesday, two months after state legislators voted to remove the Confederate battle emblem. An appointed state commission voted Wednesday 8 to 1 ...
“We need to begin having conversations about changing Mississippi’s flag.” Others, including Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, have signaled they’d be open to changing it, while L ...
But in one state, a flagrant symbol of white supremacy is still flying: the Mississippi state flag, the last in the country to still incorporate the Confederate battle flag. Now, a group of ...
Lawmakers in Mississippi voted to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag on Sunday ... the 126-year-old current flag and to form a commission to redesign it.
Should Mississippi redesign its state flag? It's a question sure to arise on the campaign trail in the coming weeks. But don't expect the leading candidates for governor and lieutenant governor ...
JACKSON, Miss. (WTOK) - The Commission to Redesign the Mississippi State Flag will vote on a new design for the Mississippi state flag Wednesday. The meeting starts at 10:30. The final selection ...
Mississippi has voted to redesign its flag to remove the Confederate battle emblem, making it the last US state to remove the controversial symbol that was used by southern states during the ...
If the design is rejected at the polls, it will return to the committee for a redesign ... flag for November ballot Historic day in Mississippi: The key moments that paved the way for state ...
An increasing number of cities and all Mississippi's public universities have taken down the state flag in recent years. But until now, efforts to redesign the flag sputtered in the Republican ...
UPDATE (6:05 p.m.): Mississippi Senate voted also voted to form a committee to create a new state flag. The bill to change the state flag passed 37-14. Both chambers of the Mississippi Legislature ...
The Commission to Redesign the Mississippi State Flag voted 8 to 1 for “The New Magnolia" flag over another design, the "Great River" flag, according to the Associated Press. The chosen design ...