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The Mississippi state House of Representatives enacted legislation to change the Magnolia state flag, the latest in the country to still include the stars and bars of the Confederacy. The chamber advanced the bill by an 84-35 margin, allowing lawmakers in the State House to reach the two-thirds majority necessary …

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves (R) said for the first time on Saturday that he would sign a bill to remove the Confederate emblem from the state flag if the legislation reaches his desk. “The legislature has been stagnant for days because it considers a new state flag,” he wrote in …