The Mississippi state flag that features a Confederate battle emblem is coming down after state lawmakers took a vote. Voters will decide on a new Mississippi state flag design in November.

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 ...

Mississippians who’d like to display their state flag minus its Confederate imagery can rejoice in a newly approved specialty license plate.

Momentum is growing in Mississippi to remove the Confederate battle emblem — long decried as a symbol of racism and violence — from the official flag of the state, the last to display the ...

JACKSON, Miss., April 17 -- Mississippians rejected criticism of the Confederate battle cross as a hateful reminder of slavery and generations of racial oppression today by voting overwhelmingly ...

TOPLINE A Mississippi commission has picked a state flag to replace of the old flag, which was retired this summer because it featured a Confederate flag, but it’s up to Mississippi voters to ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Mississippi state Sen. Derrick Simmons, a Democrat, after lawmakers in that state voted on Sunday to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag.

A Republican candidate for attorney general wants to change Mississippi's state flag. Too many young people are leaving the state, Andy Taggart said, and that's because Mississippi is stuck ...

Mississippi lawmakers on Saturday took steps toward changing the state flag and its Confederate battle emblem following weeks of mounting pressure. Legislation that lays the groundwork for a new ...

Much of Mississippi galvanized around the effort to remove the state flag. Residents now want to seize on the momentum created by the triumph.

Mississippi will do away with the last state flag to bear the Confederate flag. But symbols of the Confederacy live on in other state flags.