And efforts to fight Climate Change amid all the other issues and well break away from this portion of this mornings washington journal. Get you live now to minneapolis for the state of the state address with governor eric holcomb. And we are trying to get the audio, which you may notice is missing right now from this indiana state of the state address. Governor eric holcomb who you can see but not hear coming to us live from the State Capitol in indiana. And these are good jobs with wages 1 4 higher than the average hoosier wage. Ive challenged the secretary and president elaine beetle and other folks at the Indiana Economic Development federation to do it again this year. Ive upped the ante. How about 35,000 new job commitments in 2018 . [ applause ] even as we focus on making life better for hoosiers took, were also preparing for the future. We have a fullyfunded Infrastructure Program that provides long term certainty. Our next level roads Program Provides nearly 6 billion in this
The general assembly, my fellow it is an honor to stand before you for the second time to discuss the state of our state and the work we will do this year to make life better for all of our citizens. When i became governor one year ago, i took the baton with momentum created by previous administrations. And together, we have worked every day, not just to sustain the momentum, but to build on it. We have worked to make sure the Business Climate in indiana remains among the very best in the nation. That hoosiers have the tools they need to take advantage of growing opportunities. And that our State Government is among the most efficient and effective for the very people that we serve. Visionar, i outlined a to take indiana to the next level. And i laid out five goals. Five goals to help us get there. 2018 is all about taking those tools that we have been provided and putting them to work for a single purpose, to make life better for all hoosiers. So the question before us now is what mus
Time to introduce myself and our next speaker. I mentioned who is not here, but in my brief introduction, i would like to share with you how i we, mcgraw hill education got here. At the third annual urban Superintendent Academy with asa and with the opportunity to address sour next keynote speaker, dr. Mark bedell. Our goal is to identify national alliances. For example, as we began four years ago, our transformation from a 125yearold Publishing Company to a learning science compa company. As a result of this alignment, we took a lead role and an active participation with our learning symposiums. So maybe its that part of me of being a proud and honored son of two cuban orphans, that instilled in me, the need of always wanting to do more and to do good. We continued our conversations with asa and our partner districts and recognize the significance and issue in addressing the needs of equity and accessing and we mcgrawhill education immediately said, yes, count us in, we want to work w
I mentioned who is not here but in my brief introduction, i would like to share with you how i, we, mcgraw hill education, got here. At the third annual academy, and with the opportunity to introduce our next keynote speaker. The role that we work is to identify Strategic Partnerships with National Alliances that also align to the core values and mission of our company. For example, as we began four years ago, our transformation from a 125yearold Publishing Company to a learning science company, we identified with one of our longtime partners with their work and as a result we took a lead role and active participation with their digital and personalized learning symposiums. Maybe its me being a proud and honored son of two cuban orphans that instilled in me the need of always. Wanting to do more and to do good. We continued our conversations with asa and our partnered districts and recognized the significance and issue in addressing the needs within our districts. So three years ago, t
[inaudible] i would like to introduce tommy diaz. Tommy is a resident of downey, california. His educational aspirations are to earn a masters [inaudible] him for coming here to help ensure [inaudible] particularly efforts [inaudible] the bluethe one with around him. Stand up real quick. [applause] madam secretary, you have one of the most important jobs in washington, making young people have access to what they need to be successful in coming decades. Quite frankly, it is a cause you have dedicated her life to. Some schools are in need of support and significant reform. Is fact remains and that that we need to do the right thing for all of americas children and your job is to ensure that happens. The budget blueprint that came out in march was further detailed yesterday and proposes some dramatic shifts in the way your agency does business. It has a goal of Opening Doors for more educational choices the families, whether they be Public Schools, Charter Schools or private schools. I a