Blagojevich was convicted on corruption charges for trying to sell a Senate seat once held by President Obama. Trump commuted his sentence in 2020.

The Republican president signed the pardon on Monday and called the Democratic former governor “a very fine person” who “was set up by a lot of bad people.” ...

The pardon was the latest overture between the president and the former governor, who is still known in Chicago simply as ...

In a social media post, Governor JB Pritzker announced the changes come after decades of studies. “I’m here today to make an ...

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

Gov. JB Pritzker said Friday that Illinois plans to annex Green Bay and rename Lake Michigan to “Lake Illinois” in his latest dig at the Trump administration. In ...

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 on ...

With his tongue firmly in cheek, Gov. JB Pritzker trolled Yambo on Friday, declaring Lake Michigan would be renamed "Lake Illinois," and jokingly annexing Green Bay from Wisconsin. Via CBS News: ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker trolled President Donald Trump in a video Friday, joking that he would rename Lake Michigan to "Lake ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker posts a tongue-in-cheek video announcing the renaming of Lake Michigan to Lake Illinois and the ...

A former state senator started using the phrase in 2014, when he served with Gretchen Whitmer in the Michigan Senate.