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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas is taking a step toward formally renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on state maps and ...

One morning in early April 2024, Elías Naal Hernández set out with his fishing net to try his luck in the waters of Isla ...

The bill follows President Donald Trump's executive order that directed federal agencies to change the body of water's name ...

Florida officially recognized "Gulf of America" as the name for the former Gulf of Mexico in state law and public school textbooks. The change follows a federal executive order by President Trump and ...

Google Maps also replaced the Gulf of Mexico with the Gulf of America in February. Once signed by the governor, it will go into effect on July 1.

ALABAMA (WHNT) — A bill requiring Alabama to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” died in a Senate committee Tuesday. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. David Standridge, filed the ...

Google Maps also replaced the Gulf of Mexico with the Gulf of America in February. Similar bills in the Florida Senate have also moved along. SB 608 reported favorably in the Senate Committee on ...

In the language of SB 1717, the bill refers to the Gulf of Mexico title as "inaccurate and outdated." You can read the 140-page bill here. RELATED: Google updates map after Trump orders Gulf of ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has taken another step toward formally renaming the Gulf of Mexico on state maps and documents. Senate Bill 1717, which finally passed the Texas Senate 20-11 this week ...