this past year officer kevin kram of the algona police department and tony hoffman a firefighter with the iona fire department gave the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty. please join me in a moment of silence to honor these two fallen heroes and their families as well as all of those affected by the tragic events and perry. thank you. this is the seventh time i have addressed this body to report on the condition of the state. the first time the workforce was one of the top issues. at that time only about 58% of all iowans in the workforce have education training beyond high school. the result was thousands of high quality jobs going unfilled and thousands of iowans missing out on a rewarding career. to gather we set out to increase that number to 70% by 2025. i introduced the acton a few months later it passed the legislature with unanimous support. tonight i am happy to say that we reached our ambitious goal and we did it ahead of schedule. i want to be clear this is not mission accomplished. the work of connecting iowa employers will continue this session. reaching this milesto