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Opinion  |  Editor  • 
June 21, 2020

Real movement on the Mississippi flag issue . . . and what everyone needs to understand

First the good news.  There is a real effort in the Mississippi legislature that has the involvement of House and Senate leadership to make changes to the state flag. The bad news is that it remains a steep uphill climb. First, let’s talk about where the issue actually is from a public opinion perspective.  Chism…
Opinion  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
June 18, 2020

Governor Reeves indicates he might entertain a legislative two flag solution

Recently, the Mississippi Legislature has been discussing various solutions to change the state flag during the last few weeks of the Legislative session. The most recent attempt to provide a resolution to do so, seems to be dead on arrival in the Senate Committee it was referred to. The resolution offered by Sen. Derrick Simmons…