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

Pritzker appears to be taking a jab at President Trump who signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America.

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. Pritzker posted a video on ...

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

Special to Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Over the centuries, the effect of ice on Lake Michigan has had an important role in shaping the economic and cultural ...