JACKSON, Miss. -- Spectators at the Mississippi Capitol broke into applause Saturday as lawmakers took the first steps toward erasing the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag, a symbol that ...

Mississippi on Wednesday took a big step toward replacing its old state flag dominated by the Confederate "stars and bars" when a commission selected a new design featuring a magnolia - the state ...

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves signed a bill into law on Monday that would remove the Confederate battle symbol from his state’s current flag, which will be replaced by a new design to be decided ...

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi legislators have voted to remove a Confederate battle emblem from their state flag. Mississippi’s House and Senate voted Sunday to retire the flag adopted in 1894. It's ...

Updated at 8:03 p.m. ET After more than 120 years of flying over the state of Mississippi, the Confederate battle flag is no longer a part of the state's official flag. On Tuesday, Republican Gov.

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 new ...

Voters in Mississippi voted to approve a new state flag design. Lawmakers took action this summer to retire the former Mississippi state flag, which contained the Confederate battle emblem. The rebel ...

Two of Mississippi's top elected Republicans proposed Wednesday that the Confederate battle emblem be replaced on the state flag with the words “In God We Trust," seeking a path toward unity in their ...

The state of Minnesota is set to get a new official flag this spring that will reflect its motto of being the North Star State, replacing an old flag that pictured a Native American that some critics ...