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.

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".

Its actually Lake 44.027354,-87.049900

Use the full name, y'all lazy motherfuckers

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 swear there was an episode with a similar argument in The Twilight Zone.

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.