thank you, karrie. [applause] illinois is also a land of technology. we're in the process of laying 4,100 miles of new broadband fiber optic cable to light up 5,000 of our schools, libraries, businesses and hospitals with world-class information networks. we started illinois' first venture fund to encourage investors to jump into cutting-edge technologies. we've renewed the research and development tax credit, which helps businesses bring new ideas to market. and our innovation council launched an open data initiative which has made more than 5,200 illinois data sets available online. we're going to lead the nation in putting more public data online in one place from communities and universities across the state. already, young innovators like tourmcclusky and elizabeth park have designed smart phone apps using our data to help everyday people. in both of them here today. i want to thank torre and also bit for their creation and ability. please stand up. [applause] we're going to continue to think big in illinois. today, i'm announcing a $2.3 million d

thank you, karrie. [applause] illinois is also a land of technology.we're in the process of laying 4,100 miles of new broadband fiber optic cable to light up 5,000 of our schools, libraries, businesses and hospitals with world-class information networks. we started illinois' first venture fund to encourage investors to jump into cutting-edge technologies. we've renewed the research and development tax credit, which helps businesses bring new ideas to market. and our innovation council launched an open data initiative which has made more than 5,200 illinois data sets available online. we're going to lead the nation in putting more public data online in one place from communities and universities across the state. already, young innovators like tourmcclusky and elizabeth park have designed smart phone apps using our data to help everyday people. in both of them here today. i want to thank torre and also bit for their creation and ability. please stand up. [applause] we're going to continue to think big in illinois. today, i'm announcing a $2.3 million do

thank you, karrie. [applause] illinois is also a land of technology. we're in the process of laying 4,100 miles of new broadband fiber optic cable to light up 5,000 of our schools, libraries, businesses and hospitals with world-class information networks. we started illinois' first venture fund to encourage investors to jump int des cutting edge technologies. we've renewed the research and development tax credit, which helps businesses bring new ideas to market. and our innovation council launched an open data initiative which has made more than 5,200 illinois data sets available online. we're going to lead the nation in putting more public data online, in one place, from communities and universities all across our state. already, young innovators like tourÉ mcclusky and elizabeth park have designed smart phone apps using our data to help everyday people. and both of them are here today. i want to thank you, tourÉ and thank you, elizabeth. please stand up. [applause] we're going to continue to think big in illinois. today, i'm announcing a $2.3 million

thank you, karrie. [applause] illinois is also a land of technology. we're in the process of laying 4,100 miles of new broadband fiber optic cable to light up 5,000 of our schools, libraries, businesses and hospitals with world-class information networks. we started illinois' first venture fund to encourage investors to jump into cutting-edge technologies. we've renewed the research and development tax credit, which helps businesses bring new ideas to market. and our innovation council launched an open data initiative which has made more than 5,200 illinois data sets available online. we're going to lead the nation in putting more public data online in one place from communities and universities across the state. already, young innovators like tourmcclusky and elizabeth park have designed smart phone apps using our data to help everyday people. in both of them here today. i want to thank torre and also bit for their creation and ability. please stand up. [applause] we're going to continue to think big in illinois. today, i'm announcing a $2.3 million d