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 – ...

Vivek Ramaswamy wants to rename Lake Erie as Lake Ohio if he becomes governor in 2026. But can he do that? Let's look at the ...

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

According to LDOE, the Freedom Framework for social studies standards references the Gulf in two areas -- fourth and fifth grade. These changes will be enacted in the 2025-2026 school year and schools ...

On March 11, 2025, the United States Department of the Treasury’s (Treasury) Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a ...

Louisiana is one of the first states to formally update social studies standards to reflect the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

and Tom Udall of New Mexico) and two U.S. representatives (Stewart and Morris Udall, both of Arizona). What we call places can be confusing, maybe even maddening to grammatical purists. The U.S. Board ...

to name just a few. “Since New Mexico’s demographics are already diverse, the industry is diverse,” says Chris Goblet, executive director of New Mexico Wine, a nonprofit company working to ...

Earlier this month, Google Maps replaced the Gulf of Mexico with the Gulf of ... Maps will reflect any updates to the Geographic Names Information System, a database of more than 1 million ...

“Gulf of Mexico? I think you mean Gulf of America ... 30 days to make the change formal and update the Geographic Names Information System, the database of millions of official names for ...

Trump's decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico has been met with mixed results. While some U.S. citizens who live in places like Florida have gladly welcomed the name change, others appear irked.