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July 9, 2015

Clarksdale mayor Luckett removes MS flag from city hall

Clarksdale Mayor Removes Flag From City Hall One Mississippi mayor is taking the state’s flag debate into his own hands. There are renewed calls to redesign the state flag and remove the confederate battle emblem. There are three poles outside Clarksdale City Hall. Only two of them are flying a flag. Clarksdale Mayor Bill Luckett…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
July 9, 2015

Palazzo calls out sleight-of-hand tactics by U.S. House Dems over flag

Palazzo not happy with move to ban Confederate flag in federal cemeteries The Coast’s congressman disagrees with a House vote that could ban the display of Confederate flags at historic federal cemeteries in the Deep South. The low-profile move came Tuesday evening after a brief debate on a measure funding the National Park Service, which…