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Alabama lawmakers moved closer to renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Wednesday. The Alabama House Ports, Waterways and Intermodal Committee, voting along party lines, approved ...

Even though most state legislatures are done for the year, Americans can expect the government to keep interfering with their ...

Alabamians are coming forward with their own spin on President-elect Donald Trump’s idea to rename the Gulf of Mexico. In a press conference earlier this week at Mar-a-Lago, Trump announced his ...

Alabama House Bill 247 (HB247) was introduced on Feb. 11, 2025, by Rep. David Standridge to officially rename the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America" in the borders of Alabama.

The gulf borders some 1,700 miles of U.S. coastline spanning Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, as well as parts of Cuba and Mexico.

The Gulf of Mexico has had its name for about 400 years. In his book, The Principall Navigations, Voiages and Discoveries of the English Nation, published in 1589, English geographer Richard ...

Mexico and the U.S. share a nearly equal number of coastline miles along the gulf, although Mexico has about 60 miles more coastline along the gulf than does the U.S. Florida, Texas, Louisiana ...

The gulf is surrounded by Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, as well as some parts of Mexico and Cuba. It plays a crucial role in the U.S. economy, harboring numerous ports for ...

How Did The Gulf Of Mexico Get Its Name? Spanish explorer Sebastián de Ocampo in the early 1500s became the first European to discover the Gulf, according to the Texas State Historical ...

An Alabama congressman is throwing his support behind President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to rename the Gulf of Mexico, which has held the name for more than 400 years.

Who Owns The Gulf Of Mexico? Despite Trump claiming "we do most of the work there, and it's ours" in reference to the Gulf of Mexico, international waters are not owned by any country. The U.S ...