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Mississippi gov: I'd sign bill to remove flag's rebel emblem

by Associated Press
| June 27, 2020 9:27 AM

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers on Saturday took the first steps toward erasing the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag, a symbol that has come under intensifying criticism in recent weeks amid nationwide protests against racial injustice.

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