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Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is facing backlash for signing a proclamation ordering a day to honor Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan.

Trustee Doug Rouse said Thursday that he and other trustees could choose a new leader by the end of October.

Both candidates for Mississippi lieutenant governor say they will push to increase teacher pay and to make the operation of the state Senate more transparent.

The Mississippi state flag will no longer fly in New Jersey’s Liberty State Park because it includes the Confederate battle flag in its design, New Jersey’s governor announced Friday.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Appeals judges in Tennessee are backing another court’s decision related to Memphis’ removal of statues of Confederate leaders Nathan Bedford Forrest and Jefferson Davis from two parks. The Court of Appeals of Tennessee in Nashville ruled Tuesday in a case concerning the statues’ removal in December 2017. City officials circumvented a […]

Check out all the Live at 9 interviews from Tuesday, July 16, 2019.

A local street with a controversial name has new signs Tuesday morning.

The televised forum was the only time Reeves is debating former Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Bill Waller Jr. and state Rep. Robert Foster before the Aug. 6 party primaries.

The University of Mississippi’s interim leader announced agreement Thursday that it should be moved from its current location on campus.

(CNN) — Montgomery County Probate Judge Steven Reed has reportedly won the mayoral run-off election and will become the first black mayor of Montgomery, Alabama, since the city was founded in 1819. Local media has called the election for Reed, who overwhelmingly defeated television station owner David Woods by more than 16,000 votes. The vote […]

A 2015 North Carolina law all but prohibits the permanent removal of Confederate statues from public land.