Mississippi

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves asserted in a statement on Facebook that the government should not restrict religious gatherings.

Mississippi voters, on Tuesday, approved a new state flag that features the phrase "In God We Trust." A design for a new state flag was put on the ballot after many Mississippians voiced a desire to change the state's flag which previously featured the Confederate Battle Flag.

The Satanic Temple is threatening to sue Mississippi if the state chooses to include the phrase "In God We Trust" on their now state flag.

Some people are labeling the replacement of the confederate symbol on the Mississippi flag with the phrase 'In God We Trust" a show of Christian nationalism.

On Sunday, Mississippi lawmakers collectively agreed to replace the state's current flag which features Confederate symbolism.

Two Mississippi officials are offering an alternative for the state's current flag which features a confederate flag. Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch and state Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann are proposing the flag be changed to match the state's seal and include 'In God We Trust.'

On Tuesday, the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board urged the state legislature to change the state's flag. The flag contains confederate flag imagery.

The Mayor of Greenville, Mississippi has waived all $500 tickets passed out to church congregants attending a drive-in church service earlier this month.

A Mississippi church is filing a suit against the city of Greenville after police officers were instructed to ticket church congregants attending a drive-in church service.

Mississippi's House of Representatives passed a bill that, if signed by the pro-life governor, would ban abortions based on race, sex or possible genetic abnormalities of the fetus.