You can get in touch with James by emailing j.bickerton@newsweek.com Democratic Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has apparently joked he is renaming Lake Michigan as 'Lake Illinois,' and annexing ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker threw some shade at President Donald Trump in a Friday parody video, where he issued a proclamation to rename Lake Michigan after the "great state" of Illinois.

Get in touch with Chloe Mayer by emailing c.mayer@newsweek.com Scientists have created an interactive map that shows how parts of Illinois may be swallowed up by Lake Michigan as climate change bites.

The aquifer from which Joliet, Illinois, sources its drinking water ... So Joliet eyed a huge water source 30 miles to the northeast: Lake Michigan. It’s the second-largest of the Great Lakes ...

While Northeastern Illinois was under a winter weather advisory with lake effect snow expected Monday, Washington County in downstate Illinois was under a shelter-in-place order after a major ...