Running Out of Venues to Change the State Flag (MS)

By Arielle Dreher
Wednesday, April 20, 2016 1:09 p.m. CDT

... Ballot initiatives to both change and keep the state flag the same are on file at the secretary of state's office. Bills on both sides of the Legislature died in committee this session. And now judicial involvement to change the state flag lies in the hands of U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves ...

Reeves' court may be the only option to change the flag for the foreseeable future. All bills proposing to change or keep the state flag died in committee back in February. Some senators have attempted to keep the potential to change the state flag alive with a resolution to bring back Senate Bill 2147, which would create a commission to re-design the state flag.

On April 1, Sen. John Horhn, D-Jackson, held a press conference with House and Senate Democrats calling on the legislative leadership to suspend the rules and bring back the bill.

"What we need is a heart transplant and a change of heart in this state," Horhn said ...

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