TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida lawmakers are one step closer to making “Gulf of America” an official moniker under state statutes. On Tuesday, lawmakers discussed a bill ( SB 608) that would rename the ...
Florida lawmakers took the first steps Tuesday to wipe away the Gulf of Mexico from state laws and educational materials.
In a move echoing President Trump’s call to “restore names that honor American greatness,” Florida lawmakers took the first ...
Three Republican-controlled House and Senate panels gave initial approval to bills aimed at moving to rename the Gulf of Mexico.
Just weeks after Gov. Ron DeSantis first used the term in a state document, legislation designating the Gulf of America ...
At one point the Gulf of Mexico was called the Gulf of New Spain, and Mexico was referred to by the Spanish as New Spain.