A pair of measures that would replace the Gulf of Mexico in state laws and educational materials are headed to the House floor.

The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the Ohio congressional delegation – President William McKinley was from Ohio – ...

The proposal to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America was bound to be controversial (“Trump wins first round vs. AP in fight over ‘Gulf of America,’” Web, Feb. 25).

Despite centuries of efforts to map our planet precisely, our view of the world will always be political and imperfect.

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President Donald Trump added some new decor in the Oval Office in recent weeks, but one new addition sent the internet into a ...

University of West Florida anthropology students taking Geographical Information System (GIS) mapping class are working to ...

NASA astronauts Cmdr. Barry "Butch" Wilmore and pilot Sunita "Suni" Williams spent nine months aboard the space station on what was supposed to be an eightish-day mission.

Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order to replace the name “Gulf of Mexico” with “Gulf of America” in state documents and maps, following President Donald Trump’s ...

Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order to replace the name “Gulf of Mexico” with “Gulf of America” in state documents and ...

On March 25, 1948, just five days after the initial storm, Miller and Fawbush were back in the weather station on base, ...

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