Florida lawmakers and DeSantis could have a way to update state laws to change references from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. The Legislature regularly passes what are known as "reviser's bills" that do such things as change terms in laws.

At least 55 statutes include references to the Gulf of Mexico, while local-government ordinances also are tied to the traditional name

President Donald Trump ordered the Gulf of Mexico renamed, and Gov. DeSantis officially refers to it in a state document.

The order Trump signed instructs the Interior Department to update the Geographic Names Information System to reflect the renaming of the Gulf and remove all references to the Gulf of Mexico. It says all federal references to the Gulf of America, including on agency maps, contracts, and other documents and communications shall reflect the renaming.

If you said “introduce a resolution to require the state to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America in official state documents,” congratulations, you’re as thirsty for approval as Rep. Aaron Pilkington (R-Knoxville)!

Gulf of America” seems likely to become one of those phrases only Republicans use, joining “Democrat Party,” “job creators” and “death tax.”

Airports are readying for major disruptions in Texas, Louisiana and along the Gulf Coast before anticipated wintry blast.

As part of a torrent of decisions he issued hours after taking office, President Donald Trump declared that the name of America’s tallest mountain be changed from Denali to Mount McKinley, and that the Gulf of Mexico be renamed “The Gulf of America.”

President Donald Trump's recent executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America has thus far elicited a lot of snickering and not much else.

President Donald Trump had declared that the Gulf of Mexico will be called the Gulf of America. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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