JACKSON, Miss. - Gov. Tate Reeves announced Friday he is appointing the chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Chief Cyrus Ben and two other people to a nine-member flag commission, to help design a new Mississippi state flag. Mississippi legislators voted in late June to retire the state flag with a Confederate battle flag emblem. The commission must design a new Mississippi flag with public input. Commissioners were supposed to be appointed by July 15, but Reeves missed the deadline. In addition to Ben, Reeves appointed Betsey Hamilton of New Albany and Frank Bordeaux of Gulfport. Six commissioners appointed by the House speaker and the lieutenant governor held their first meeting July 22. They are collecting flag proposals from the general public until early August and will set a design by early September. (Source: The AP 07/24/20)
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