After Mississippi lawmakers voted in June to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state's flag, they asked people to send in designs for a new flag — and received nearly 3,000 submissions.

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 ...

Voters chose to replace the 126-year-old design with the state flower. It may be just a magnolia, but for many Mississippians, it is a symbol of a long-awaited reckoning with their state's history. On ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The next Mississippi state flag could have a magnolia instead of the Confederate battle emblem. It’s been nearly two months since legislators acted under pressure to retire the ...