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A lawyer with the state attorney general’s office omitted key evidence in a meeting with the family of Ricky Ball, who was shot and killed in 2015.
Powerful Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann assigned bill that would change the state flag to a little-used committee where there’s little support for change.
The Confederate monument has been a focus of protests in recent weeks, and college board approval is the final step needed for relocation.
Mississippi Today reporters discuss what would need to happen for the state to change its flag.
Should Mississippi change its state flag? Mississippi Today is posing this question to all 52 state senators.
Should Mississippi change its state flag? Mississippi Today is posing this question to all 120 House representatives.
The president of the organization asked thousands of teachers to demand lawmakers change the state flag, the last in the nation containing the Confederate battle emblem.
The discussions mark one of the first earnest legislative efforts to change the state flag, the last in the nation containing the Confederate battle emblem, since 2001.
As tens of thousands of black Mississippians and their multi-racial allies have marched in Mississippi streets, the state flag has been and will remain a focal point of demonstrations.
Rep. Zakiya Summers talks about the protests in Mississippi and the impact of COVID-19 on voting.
Chants of “I can’t breathe!” and “Black lives matter!” and “No justice, no peace!” echoed down Capitol Street outside the Governor’s Mansion as organizers rallied the crowd.
The Black Lives Matter Mississippi protest began at the Governor’s Mansion on Saturday at 3 p.m. with turnout appearing to exceed expectations.
Pamela Hancock defended herself for a Facebook comment in which she suggested “the deadly strain” of coronavirus should spread among rioters who are protesting inequity in the criminal justice system.
Mississippi Today’s reporters discuss the latest political news and the troubles in the state Democratic Party.
Mississippi Democratic Party Chairman Bobby Moak spoke with Mississippi Today about several concerns raised in this week’s three-part series on the state party.