I’m here today to make an important announcement,” Gov. Pritzker said in the video. “The world’s finest geographers, experts ...

Gov. JB Pritzker also joked that his state would be annexing Green Bay, Wis.., poking fun at Trump's efforts to buy Greenland ...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker humorously proclaimed the renaming of Lake Michigan to "Lake Illinois" and the annexation of ...

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

Anticipating a lack of federal funding under the new presidential administration, Illinois has postponed construction in a ...

Oh, and Green Bay, Illinois will no longer sit along Lake Michigan anymore. Per the governor's message earlier in the video, ...

JOLIET, IL — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is delaying the launch of a $1.2 billion effort to prevent invasive silver and ...

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

Tongue firmly in cheek, the governor said his proclamation has been sent to Google "so the world's maps reflect this ...

Well, the governor of Illinois had an important announcement regarding his own renaming of long-established geographical ...