A massive billion-dollar project to keep invasive carp out of the Great Lakes now faces uncertainty due to federal funding concerns under the Trump administration. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has ...

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 ...

Lake Michigan shall be known as Lake Illinois. The proclamation has been forwarded to Google to ensure the world's maps reflect this momentous change." Trump signed Executive Order 14172 on his ...

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 ...

(AP Photo/Erin Hooley) As if the Chicago Bears stealing Ben Johnson from the Detroit Lions wasn’t enough, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says he is renaming Lake Michigan after his state. In a video ...

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

Schaumburg’s Springinsguth Stream Corridor Restoration Project has been named Public Works Project of the Year in the Environmental category by the American Public Works Association Chicago Metro ...