The governor went on to say there will be an announcement next week regarding the Mississippi River as part of the joke.

In an apparent jab at President Trump renaming the Gulf of Mexico, the governor of Illinois has his sights on Lake Michigan.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker mocks Trump with a video claiming to rename Lake Michigan to "Lake Illinois" and annex Green Bay.

A former state senator started using the phrase in 2014, when he served with Gretchen Whitmer in the Michigan Senate.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is throwing shade on President Trump's recent decisions, sardonically announcing renaming Lake ...

After Donald Trump’s Department of Justice sued the state of Illinois for allegedly ‘obstructing’ its enforcement of immigration laws, its governor JB Pritzker took aim at the recently inaugurated US ...

"Lake Michigan shall be known as Lake Illinois," Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker announced Friday, mocking President Donald Trump ...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is renaming Lake Michigan to “Lake Illinois," poking fun at President Donald Trump’s recent ...

DETROIT – Some high-profile names have already launched their campaigns in the race for Michigan’s governor in 2026. Current ...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced he is renaming Lake Michigan as Lake Illinois and annexing Green Bay in an apparent troll of President Donald Trump.

The first president of independent Namibia, Sam Nujoma, has died at the age of 95 in the capital Windhoek, the country's ...

The former rebel stronghold of Jobar points to the challenges facing the new government as it embarks on rebuilding a broken ...