Illinois Governor JB Pritzker took to Instagram last Friday to share what he called a "Special Announcement From Governor JB Pritzker." ... Lake Michigan shall be known as Lake Illinois.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker threw some shade at President Donald Trump in a Friday parody video, where he issued a proclamation to rename Lake Michigan after the "great state" of Illinois.

Well, the governor of Illinois had an important announcement regarding his own renaming of long-established geographical places: ABC 7 Chicago/ tiktok.com First off, Gov. Pritzker announced he would ...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker jokingly announced that the name of Lake Michigan had been changed to "Lake Illinois," poking fun at President Donald Trump's Gulf of America. ABC7 Chicago is now ...

CHICAGO, Ill. (WTVO) — Gov. JB Pritzker said Friday that Illinois plans to annex Green Bay and rename Lake Michigan to “Lake Illinois” in his latest dig at the Trump administration. In a ...

A person walks along the shore of Lake Michigan as steam rises off the water on a frigid day with below-zero temperatures across the Great Lakes region Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Chicago.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker posts a tongue-in-cheek video announcing the renaming of Lake Michigan to Lake Illinois and the state's annexation of Green Bay, Wisconsin.

The Brandon Road Interbasin Project, which will help keep invasive carp out of Lake Michigan, can now move forward after more than a year of delays. Illinois governor finally signs key agreement ...

In 2016, the city of Waukesha, Wisconsin, located within a straddling county of the Great Lakes water basin, applied for Lake Michigan water due to radium contamination in its water. That request ...

Illinois and Michigan have also entered into a separate agreement to ensure any additional costs as the project continues are shared and do not fall disproportionately on either state’s ...

The Brandon Road Interbasin Project, which will help keep invasive carp out of Lake Michigan, can now move forward after more than a year of delays.