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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announced on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, that the state is getting a new standard license plate in January 2024 that features the magnolia also seen on the state flag. The flag is shown at A Complete Flag Source in Jackson, Miss., Oct. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Mississippi removes ‘In God We Trust’ in license plate redesign

By Emily Wagster Pettus - Associated Press

In this Thursday, March 11, 2021, file photo, desks are arranged in an elementary school classroom in Nesquehoning, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

West Virginia advances school mandate on ‘In God We Trust’

By Leah Willingham - Associated Press

"In God We Trust" is stenciled in a wall at South Park Elementary in Rapid City, South Dakota in this July 23, 2019, photo. (Adam Fondren/Rapid City Journal via AP) **FILE**

Texas school board rejects Arabic ‘In God We Trust’ sign

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announced Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020 that flags would be flown at half-mast in honor the more than 1,000 Kansans who have died due to COVID-19 complications. (Evert Nelson/The Capital-Journal via AP)

Kansas town restores ‘In God We Trust’ to police cars after uproar

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

"In God We Trust" is stenciled in a wall at South Park Elementary in Rapid City, South Dakota in this July 23, 2019, photo. (Adam Fondren/Rapid City Journal via AP) **FILE**

Kansas residents rally to keep ‘In God We Trust’ on police cars

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Voters will cast their ballot on Tuesday, Nov. 3 on whether to make the magnolia centered banner chosen by the Mississippi State Flag Commission, displayed outside the Old State Capitol Museum in downtown Jackson, Miss., Sept. 2, 2020, as the new state flag as seen in this file photograph. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Mississippi governor signs law for flag without rebel emblem

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

FILE - This Sept. 2, 2020 file photo shows the magnolia centered banner chosen by the Mississippi State Flag Commission displayed outside the Old State Capitol Museum in downtown Jackson, Miss. Voters approved the design in the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. It replaces a Confederate-themed flag state lawmakers retired in late June as part of the national reckoning over racial injustice. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Mississippi governor to sign law Monday for new state flag

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FILE - This Sept. 2, 2020 file photo shows the magnolia centered banner chosen by the Mississippi State Flag Commission displayed outside the Old State Capitol Museum in downtown Jackson, Miss. Voters approved the design in the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. It replaces a Confederate-themed flag state lawmakers retired in late June as part of the national reckoning over racial injustice. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

New Mississippi flag without rebel symbol being put into law

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

A box containing a new umbrella is placed on each lawmaker's seat in the House during the first day of the 2021 Mississippi Legislature, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Mississippi works to formalize new flag without rebel icon

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

FILE - This Sept. 2, 2020 file photo shows the magnolia centered banner chosen by the Mississippi State Flag Commission displayed outside the Old State Capitol Museum in downtown Jackson, Miss. Voters approved the design in the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. It replaces a Confederate-themed flag state lawmakers retired in late June as part of the national reckoning over racial injustice. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Mississippi legislators set to finalize magnolia-themed flag

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Rep. Ed Blackmon, D-Canton, points to a Mississippi state flag on an upper floor of the Capitol and calls for it to be brought down and replaced, Thursday, June 25, 2020, during a news conference with a large number of Black pastors at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. The current flag has in the canton portion of the banner the design of the Civil War-era Confederate battle flag, that has been the center of a long-simmering debate about its removal or replacement. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Some chosen to design Mississippi flag without rebel symbol

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Honor guard members from the Mississippi National Guard practice folding the former Mississippi flag before a ceremony to retire the banner on Wednesday, July 1, 2020, inside the state Capitol in Jackson. The ceremony happened a day after Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed a law that removed the flag's official status as a state symbol. The 126-year-old banner was the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem. (AP Photo/Emily Wagster Pettus)

Group seeks ideas for Mississippi flag without rebel emblem

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

"I love this flag," states David Flynt of Hattiesburg, while standing outside the state Capitol with other current Mississippi flag supporters in Jackson, Miss., Sunday, June 28, 2020. Lawmakers in both chambers are expected to debate state flag change legislation today. Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves has already said he would sign whatever flag bill the Legislature decides on. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Mississippi lawmakers OK removal of Confederate emblem from flag

By James Varney - The Washington Times

Kansas considers requiring ‘In God We Trust’ in classrooms

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

Indiana lawmakers step back on ‘In God We Trust’ requirement

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