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Mississippi State Legislature Votes to Change State Flag

On Sunday, both the House and the Senate of Mississippi passed a bill to change the state's flag, removing the flag's Confederate battle symbols.

The state House voted in favor of the bill, 91-23, while the Senate voted 37-14. The bill now moves to governor Tate Reeves, who has already stated he will sign legislation to remove the Confederate emblem.

The debate over the flag has been waged in a time when Confederate monuments have been removed across the nation. Earlier this month, NASCAR banned Confederate flags from all of its events. The SEC also released a statement calling for Mississippi to change its flag, and even threatened prohibiting conference championship events from being held in the state until the flag was changed.