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 ...

WASHINGTON — The Confederate battle emblem on Mississippi's state flag continues to be an emotional wedge issue there ahead of the state's primary on Tuesday, but few of the six remaining ...

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 ...

The debate over Mississippi's former state flag, which was adopted in 1894 and featured the Confederate battle emblem in the upper left corner, reignited thanks to rising tensions regarding ...

In the wake of the Charleston massacre, the nation is questioning South Carolina's Confederate flag, and in turn, looking to Mississippi's state flag that features the symbol. In Mississippi ...

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 ...

Two Mississippi universities have removed the state flag, which features a Confederate emblem, from campus amid statewide debate over what to do with the controversial banner. Mississippi State ...

Mississippi came closer to changing its state flag Saturday when more than two-thirds of the state Legislature voted to suspend rules to allow a vote on removing the Confederate battle emblem from ...

"In the event there is no change, there will be consideration of precluding Southeastern Conference championship events from being conducted in the State of Mississippi until the flag is changed ...