Sarasota State Sen. Joe Gruters said he didn't want controversy over the renaming to distract from other bills the ...

Florida State Senator Joe Gruters has pulled the bill that would have changed Tamiami Trail to “Gulf of America Trail.” ...

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Florida politicians are rallying around the Gulf of America name change. Efforts include a plan to rename a major Florida ...

Republican Sarasota Senator Joe Gruters filed SB 1058 to change Tamiami Trail, which runs from Tampa to Miami, to Gulf of ...

A reader calls it “farcical” that a Republican state legislator wants to rename Tamiami Trail, or U.S. 41, as Gulf of America ...

Senator Joe Gruters of Sarasota County filed a bill this week that, if passed, would change the name of the 284-mile Tamiami ...

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SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Senator Joe Gruters filed a bill Monday to change the name of Tamiami Trail to Gulf of America Trail. He has since pulled the bill after feedback. The bill was going to rename ...

After a Florida lawmaker introduced a bill to rename Tamiami Trail to the Gulf of America Trail, residents and visitors in ...

Joe Gruters, R-Sarasota, filed a bill for consideration during the legislative session beginning next week that would rename a stretch of U.S. 41 commonly known as Tamiami Trail to "Gulf of ...