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

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is renaming Lake Michigan to “Lake Illinois," poking fun at President Donald Trump’s recent executive order where he changed the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America.

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

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

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 ...

It originated during the first Trump administration after state elected officials and business leaders — including Pritzker — ...

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is punching back after the Trump administration filed a lawsuit against Illinois, the City of ...

JB Pritzker trolled the president on Friday by claiming he planned to rename Lake Michigan as Lake Illinois and annex Green Bay.

Illinois Gov. Pritzker criticized the Trump administration after the filing of a lawsuit over migrant sanctuary policies, ...

A fired-up Governor JB Pritzker is going after President Donald Trump and the Department of Justice over that immigration ...

Illinois law requires the state to withdraw from the expansion program if federal reimbursement falls below 90%. Some 770,000 ...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker riffed on President Donald Trump's policy proposals in a satirical social media video, where he declared a renaming of Lake Michigan to "Lake Illinois" and an annexation ...