House approves bill to remove confederate flag from State House grounds

Jul 9, 2015 10:13 AM EDT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ After 54 years flying at South Carolina’s Capitol, the Confederate flag’s days there are numbered. A bill pulling down the flag from the Capitol’s front lawn and the flagpole it flies on passed the South Carolina House early today. It should get to Gov. Nikki Haley’s desk before the end of the day.