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State has record bump in virus cases
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Fri,07/17/20-1:10AM , 329 Reads
JACKSON — Mississippi on Thursday had a record single-day increase in new coronavirus cases reported by the state Health Department, with numbers jumping by more than 1,200 from the day before.

It was the fourth time the state has had a day-to-day increase of more than 1,000 cases, and the first time the number had topped 1,200.
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A Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol honor guard salutes the former Mississippi state flag after it was retired after being raised over the Capitol grounds one final time in Jackson on Wednesday.

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Former state flag sent to history museum
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Thu,07/02/20-1:05AM , 402 Reads
JACKSON — Mississippi officials held a ceremony Wednesday to retire the former state flag and send it to a history museum, a day after Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed a law removing official status from the last state banner in the U.S. that included the Confederate battle emblem.
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APMississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, a Republican, signs the bill retiring the last state flag in the United States with the Confederate battle emblem at the Governor’s Mansion in Jackson on Tuesday. Standing behind Reeves are, from left, Sen. Angela Turner Ford, D-West Point; House Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton; Reuben Anderson, former Mississippi Supreme Court Justice; Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann; and Central District Transportation Commissioner Willie Simmons. After Reeves signed the bill, the flag lost its official status.

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Flag officially retired
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS -
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Wed,07/01/20-1:21AM , 274 Reads
JACKSON — With a stroke of the governor’s pen, Mississippi is retiring the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem — a symbol that’s widely condemned as racist.
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State Rep. John Faulkner, D-Holly Springs, right, congratulates Sen. Briggs Hopson, R-Vicksburg, after the Senate voted to change the Mississippi flag Sunday at the Capitol in Jackson.

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Rebel-themed flag fading away
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Tue,06/30/20-1:25AM , 253 Reads
JACKSON — The Mississippi flag is fading from public display in many places, even before the governor signs a bill that will retire the last state banner in the U.S. that includes the Confederate battle emblem.
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