In late June, as many people across the United States took a renewed look at the nation’s history of racism, legislators in Mississippi voted yea on House Bill 1796, replacing the state flag.

ATLANTA — While the Confederate battle emblem is being removed from the Mississippi state flag, Georgia has had its own very tumultuous history with its own flag -- especially since 1956 ...

“I have badges all over the state of Georgia,” Walker said, noting that he also had an “honorary sheriff badge” from Chatham County, where Warnock is from. Walker produced a badge during ...