There has also been no word on if the state of Indiana was consulted.

Glad to see the reporter having some fun with this.

Absolutely top notch bit of trolling.

This is great. Maybe officials from all over will rename places had make google add all the different names as per their policy. Imagine taking an interstate road trip and having place names keep changing on google maps as you cross state lines.

To the people reporting this: Yes, it's a prank by the governor. But he really did so it, even as a prank, and the news covered it. So the story can stay.

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

😘👌😆

In other news, Lake Erie is still haunted by ghost pirates that nobody cares about.

And South Dakota has declared North Dakota to be North South Dakota

UK declares US to be called "United Colonies"

Idaho is now YOUdaho

California should declare Lake Tahoe to be called Tahoe Tahoe.

As a Michigander I declare Illinois is now South Michigan

In all seriousness, language and word choice are a very big part of propaganda and influence. It's not an accident that we are discussing "death tax" instead of "inheritance tax", or that you see reports of "looters" vs "survivors/scavengers".

We the Australians shall invade the USA and reclaim it for the crown. Hencforth it shall be known as "New Australia".

Wait, we can just declare shit? This changes everything.

This is the funniest shit I've read today

The Atlantic ocean is now "the moat".

Interesting, the lake's name was changed from Illinois to Michigan around 1720. Time to take it back! https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-ee8c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

I declare AOC to be Queen AOC.

Lake Erie will become Lake LeBron.

For the record, I do delare, that the Best Lake be named for the Best State. So now, hence forth and forever, Lake Superior shall be known as Lake Minnesota.

And Canadians, if you have a problem with that, shoulda renamed it faster.

West Virginia has just declared itself Virginia, Mountain High.

honestly as a non-American, this would unironically make things less confusing: the largest city on that lake is Chicago and I always have to consciously remember "that city is in Illinois, but the lake it is on is called Lake Michigan".

If you want to name the lake after a great state from America

You should call it

Lake Of Insanity

Do you think if the major cities started calling the interstates the blue lines it could fight congestion?

If you want to find a blue city, follow an interstate, a red one, hop off.

I 100% did not think this was a joke.