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Geoff Pender serves as Senior Political Reporter, working closely with Mississippi Today leadership on editorial strategy and investigations. Pender brings 30 years of political and government reporting experience to Mississippi Today. He most recently served as Politics and Investigative Editor at The Clarion Ledger, where he also penned a popular political column. While at The Clarion Ledger, Pender helped lead digital transformation for the legacy publication, while overseeing watchdog news teams and government reporting.
Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, who previously said he supported taking the issue to the ballot, now says the Legislature should take action to change the state flag.
The Mississippi Baptist Convention is the latest powerful entity to call for state leaders to change the state flag.
The Legislature is attempting to pass a law that would shield Mississippi businesses from coronavirus-related lawsuits.
Legislative leaders met Monday to discuss how to change the state flag, but say they still don’t have the votes to do it at the Capitol.
State leaders insist they want voters, not lawmakers, to decide whether to change the state flag, which contains the Confederate battle emblem. Many believe they’re passing the buck.
Legislative leaders spent the day Friday discussing several options regarding the state flag, including adopting a second official flag and letting voters decide the current flag’s fate.
The Legislature is working on a $150 million plan to take Mississippi’s schools fully digital in the wake of coronavirus.
Burl Cain, the controversial former Angola warden, says he plans to bring faith-based rehabilitation programs to Mississippi’s prisons.
Lawmakers told retail sales, income and corporate taxes have not tanked as sharply as first projected
Additional safety precautions imposed in the House
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 move means conversations about changing the flag are openly occurring in both chambers of the Capitol for the first time since 2001.
The grants are for expenses such as mortgage, rent, payroll, utilities and pandemic-related expenses.
Lawmakers think they need about 40 Republican votes to change the Mississippi state flag. They believe they’re about halfway there.