The proclamation has been forwarded to Google to ensure the world's maps reflect this momentous change.

the world's finest geographers, experts who study the Earth's natural environment, have concluded a decades long council and determined that a Great Lake deserves to be named after a great state.

Her killing was widely condemned, including by Gov. JB Pritzker.

America is a nation of laws. The courts make sure we follow the laws.

Unlike Donald Trump, Illinois follows the law.

I'm not afraid. And none of us should be afraid. We should be standing up, speaking out.

I'm not afraid. And none of us should be afraid. We should be standing up, speaking out.

unlike Donald Trump, Illinois follows the law

The bipartisan Illinois TRUST Act, signed into law by a Republican governor, has always been compliant with federal law and still is today.

These rioters attacked law enforcement officers protecting people in the Capitol, disrupted the peaceful transfer of power, and undermined bedrock principles of American democracy.

No one who attempts to overthrow a government should serve in government.

I have to say that the last 48-hours have been the among the most bizarre and terrible since I took office back in the middle of Trump's first term.

Look, if you want to add it all up, if you ask me, this is Project 2025. They are trying to put this into effect.

a convicted felon, an adjudicated rapist, and a congenital liar.

a racist, sexist, misogynistic narcissist who wants to use the levers of power to enrich himself and punish anyone who dares speak a word against him.

Being a border czar is not an official position in the government, and it will be up to the President of the United States and up to the leaders of the Customs and Border Patrol to make decisions about how we'll manage the border.

I do not believe that we should be pitting one state's National Guard against another state. I think that's un-American.

To anyone who intends to come take away the freedom and opportunity and dignity of Illinoisans, I would remind you that a happy warrior is still a warrior. You come for my people, you come through me.

On the other side of the ticket, you've got guys who are lying every day to the American people, and I think that's what really matters.

As governor, I've had to debate people who are lying on the other side of the stage constantly.

I also think that there is a big opening, and that's making sure that people know that J.D. Vance has been lying over and over again.

You send that bill to her desk. And she will sign it.

You don't have to be there to know there is a problem at the border that needs to be addressed in general. This is a 40-year problem. Republicans and Democrats have been unwilling to get together on border control and on comprehensive…

Well, the important thing is that she ought to be addressing the issues at the border which, by the way, she and President Biden have been.

Well, he's our civil rights leader. I mean, here in Chicago, certainly, because this is where he came from, he's somebody that all of us who care deeply about making advancements in civil rights look to.