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 ...

Mississippi is getting closer to picking a state flag that residents can vote on in November. The commission tasked with designing a new state flag selected five final options on Tuesday for the ...

JACKSON, Miss. — Eighth grader Ethan Lott had seen the Confederate battle emblem plenty of times, but he didn’t connect it with Mississippi’s state flag. The 13-year-old had spotted the ...

Mississippi native Faith Hill also pushed ... Images While Shaffer noted over 27% of voters did not approve the new state flag, he predicted more people will come around when they see the benefits.

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 plans to fly a new state flag — a flag without the Confederate battle emblem in the corner. The state House and Senate voted Sunday to retire the current flag, and Mississippi ...

FOR ALL INTENSIVE PURPOSES MISSISSIPPI DOES HAVE A NEW STATE FLAG, BUT IT MAY BE SOME TIME BEFORE IT IS FLYING HERE AT THE STATE CAPITOL LAWMAKERS. STILL HAVE TO PROVE IT. BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT ...

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 ...

It may be a symbolic change, Taggart said, but designing a new state flag — one that does not include the Confederate battle flag — will show people Mississippi is looking ahead, toward the ...

Tensions are high. If we take down the current flag, what would fly over our government buildings? Mississippi artist Laurin Stennis has designed and proposed a new state flag. Her grandfather ...

We need a new state flag every Mississippian can ... the nastiness that will arise during a campaign to change the state flag. Mississippi's lawmakers can stand up and do what is right — which ...