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).

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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 ...

Landry's order directs state agencies, boards and officers to make the change to all published materials moving forward.

Gulf State Park in Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, Alabama, offers 6,150 acres of breathtaking natural landscape and attra ...

A quickly-spreading wildfire, fueled by powerful winds, has forced the urgent evacuation of the entire town of Velma, in ...

If you walk out to the end of the Canandaigua City Pier you will see a tiny island off to the right. In 1779 the island was bigger, nearly two ...