At least 26 states have launched their own version of DOGE, but some are avoiding Elon Musk's 'chainsaw' approach.

North Dakota legislators have advanced a bill to create a DOGE-like task force that would recommend cost-cutting measures. So far, the state-level efforts have been more modest in practice than ...

State efforts to establish their own Departments of Government Efficiency modeled after the federal DOGE are beginning to ... Those state-level efforts come as the federal version continues ...

The state-level campaigns have coined witty names, like Wisconsin’s GOAT committee, Florida’s FLOGE, and the BullDOGEr in North Carolina. Other states are also jumping on board the DOGE train, ...

Drawing comparisons between state efforts to shrink government and DOGE might help Republicans at a local level nationalize state issues, but it also ties their efforts to a volatile national ...

He made no mention during a ceremonial bill signing at the state Capitol of intentions to slash jobs like DOGE, which has divided the country. “The regulatory environment in Texas is getting too ...

Local jurisdictions and public universities in Florida are latching on to Gov. Ron DeSantis' new state-level DOGE Task Force, including through formal resolutions, independent committees and ...

Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones announced a priority for the 2025 legislative session, a state-level DOGE, the Red Tape Rollback Act of 2025. The initiative "builds on the work done during the 2024 ...

There’s nothing this state needs less than a fourth elected ... which would foil the governor’s copycat desire for his own DOGE. Moreover, Fine’s bill would have the Legislature, not the ...

Whatever their missions and attempts at mimicry, state-level DOGE entities are not necessarily identical to the federal version. For instance, in Kansas, the Committee on Government Efficiency, while ...