Not everyone is in support of removing the old Mississippi state flag, the campaign ‘Let Mississippi Vote’ is trying to put the old flag back on the ballot. Their goal is to allow Mississippians to vote to keep their current…
A commission working on a new Mississippi state flag has narrowed the choices to two designs. One has a shield and the other has a magnolia blossom on a dark blue background. Commissioners made the decision after five proposals were…
The commission to redesign the Mississippi state flag reconvened this morning to vote for the final five flag designs. The five designs will be put on fabric and the commission will take public input from Mississippians to determine the final…
From magnolias, stars, guitars, beer cans, a light house to Elvis Presley and Kermit the Frog, state flag proposals have been pouring in. All these have been proposals submitted by the general public for a new Mississippi flag after the…
JACKSON — Today, Governor Tate Reeves announced his appointees for the Mississippi Flag Commission to redesign the new state flag: a civic leader, a tribal chief, and a business leader. Signing House Bill 1796 at a bill signing ceremony on June 30, the Mississippi Flag…
A nine person committee designing the new Mississippi state flag will meet for the first time this Wednesday. The committee consists of three members each appointed from state leaders Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, House Speaker Philip Gunn, and Governor Tate…
A local man is protesting the referendum to remove the old Mississippi state flag. He believes the vote should have been made by the people. Electrical estimator turned activist Ryan Woodcock is encouraging people to sign up as volunteers at…
A nine person committee designing the new Mississippi state flag will meet for the first time this Wednesday. The committee consists of three members each appointed from state leaders Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, House Speaker Philip Gunn, and Governor Tate…
BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will retire the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem, more than a century after white supremacist legislators adopted the design a generation after the…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Confederate-themed Mississippi flag is drawing criticism from two big forces in the culturally conservative state. Walmart says it will no longer display the state flag because it includes the…
Conference USA is taking a stand of its own following the lead of the SEC and the NCAA. Today, the league banned all league championship events from the state of Mississippi in a move approved by the board of directors.…
As the fight to end racism rages on, the Mississippi State flag remains under the microscope. With the NCAA championships already banned from Mississippi until the flag is changed, Mississippi State running back Kylin Hill is taking that a step…
By RALPH D. RUSSO The NCAA on Friday expanded its policy banning states with prominent Confederate symbols from hosting its sponsored events, one day after the Southeastern Conference made a similar declaration aimed at the Mississippi state flag. The current…
State Representative Sonya Williams Barnes also weighed in on the removal of state flags from city buildings. She said in a statement: “This is a major victory for our city and state. I am honored to represent a city whose…
History is forever changed as a new flag flies over all city offices in Gulfport. It’s a new day. Jeffrey Hulum III is a retired veteran and serves as CEO of the nonprofit group ‘Extend a Hand, Help a Friend.’…
A new flag now flies over city buildings after the Gulfport City Council voted unanimously today to remove the Mississippi state flag from city offices. Following a landmark vote from the Gulfport City Council, the Magnolia flag now flies at…
Earlier this afternoon, the Gulfport City Council unanimously passed a referendum that removed the current state flag from flying at city offices. This comes on the heels of racial tensions across the country, now sparking unrest in Mississippi over continuing…
Amid racial tensions across the U.S., debate is heating up again here in Mississippi regarding the controversial state flag. The Mississippi state flag is once again at the forefront of many discussions, especially if and how it should be replaced.…
A federal appeals court will not revive a lawsuit that tried to block Ocean Springs from flying the state flag that includes the confederate battle emblem. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is upholding a district judge’s decision that…
The City of Ocean Springs is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit that seeks to block it from flying the state flag that features the Confederate battle emblem. The city says in court papers filed Monday that the…
Officials in one Mississippi city have voted to once again fly the Confederate-themed state flag, weeks after the mayor quietly furled it. Pontotoc Mayor Bob Peeples recently told aldermen that he issued an executive order in January to remove the…
According to the Clarion Ledger, a capitol police officer in Jackson has been fired after a confrontation with a man waving the Mississippi State flag. It was all caught on video as the officer and several bystanders were standing outside…
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from an African American attorney who called the Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi flag an official endorsement of white supremacy. The justices did not comment today on ending a lawsuit by Lawyer…
The U.S. Supreme Court is giving Mississippi more time to respond to a lawsuit that challenges the Confederate battle emblem on the state flag. The court says Monday that attorneys for Governor Phil Bryant have until October 18th to respond.…