Illinois Governor JB Pritzker took to Instagram last ... Pritzker announced that he was issuing a proclamation to rename Lake Michigan. “I’m here today to make an important announcement ...

Illinois last month had delayed signing paperwork with the Army Corps of Engineers, citing “uncertainty” of funding from the Trump administration.

JB Pritzker made a “special announcement” on Feb. 7: Illinois is renaming Lake Michigan to “Lake Illinois ... but it was the governor’s latest method to drum up attention toward his ...

Bighead and silver carp are now within 47 miles of Lake Michigan, according to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Rock Island Illinois District and the states of ...