Lawmakers in Mississippi cleared the way to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag on Saturday. The state House and Senate both approved…
Lawmakers in Mississippi cleared the way to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag on Saturday.
The state House and Senate both approved a resolution to suspend legislative deadlines and introduce a bill to have a commission redesign the 126-year-old state flag. Debate on that is expected on Sunday and it’s expected to pass.
Republican Gov. Tate Reeves says he’ll sign it into law.
«The argument over the 1894 flag has become as divisive as the flag itself and it’s time to end it,» Reeves wrote in a Facebook post on Saturday. «If they send me a bill this weekend, I will sign it.»
Reeves had long opposed the idea of changing the state symbol, which bears the Confederate battle flag at the top left corner, unless it was voted on by Mississippians. In 2001, voters in the state had just that chance, but they ultimately voted to keep the flag as it was designed.
