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The Virginia Military Institute began work Monday to remove a prominent statue of Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, an effort initiated this fall after allegations of systemic racism roiled the school.

President Donald Trump has vowed to veto this year’s $740 billion defense bill unless it is stripped of a section that provides legal protections for social media companies.

President Donald Trump is threatening to veto a defense policy bill unless it ends protections for internet companies that shield them from being held liable for material posted by their users.

President Donald Trump says he’ll veto anything that requires renaming the 10 major Army bases currently named for Confederate leaders.

COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. – – A Collierville man is demanding a Confederate monument be removed from the town’s square. It’s a Civil War battle marker and it was placed in the square by the United Daughters of the Confederacy decades ago. It was there when Dillard’s grandparents moved to Collierville in the 1940’s. “When I look […]

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. — On Election Night, voters in Mississippi chose a new state flag with a magnolia flower and the phrase “In God we trust.” The Mississippi flag has been a topic of debate for years People across the state said if the new flag can unite them as a state, then they can accept […]

A nationwide push to relax drug laws took a significant step forward Tuesday as more states legalized marijuana for adults and voters made Oregon the first state to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of street drugs such as cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine.

Mississippi will fly a new state flag with a magnolia and the phrase “In God We Trust,” with voters approving the design Tuesday. It replaces a Confederate-themed flag state lawmakers retired months ago as part of the national reckoning over racial injustice.

A proposal intended to diminish partisan politics in redistricting was ahead in Virginia and legal marijuana was leading in New Jersey as voters across the country decided scores of ballot measures on Tuesday affecting their future voting rights, criminal penalties and other issues. A total of 120 proposed state laws and constitutional amendments were on […]

Polls open Tuesday at 7 a.m. in Tennessee and Mississippi, 7:30 a.m. in Arkansas. (Some Tennessee counties open polls later. See a list here.) Here’s a look at what you’ll find on your ballot. U.S. SENATE There are three U.S. Senate seats on Tuesday’s ballot in the Mid-South. TENNESSEE Republican Bill Hagerty, Democrat Marquita Bradshaw […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An expert says having a statewide election on a flag design is unusual, and Mississippi is having its second one in less than 20 years. A single design is on the ballot for a yes-or-no vote. It has a magnolia on a dark blue background with red bars on either end. […]