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

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A fired-up Governor JB Pritzker is going after President Donald Trump and the Department of Justice over that immigration lawsuit filed on Thursday. Governor Pritzker said he had ...

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

Per the governor's message earlier in the video, Lake Michigan will henceforth be named Lake Illinois. "A Great Lake deserves to be named after a great state," he said. Pritzker used X to respond ...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker jokingly announced plans to rename Lake Michigan to Lake Illinois and annex Green Bay, Wisconsin. The humorous declaration follows a recent executive order by former ...