While President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency remains focused on streamlining the federal government and reducing spending, some red states have begun similar initiatives.

Republican governors and lawmakers in Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin have created their own task forces and committees to find ways to cut state spending, Newsweek reported Wednesday.

In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis set up a “DOGE task force” to audit spending, cut bureaucracy, and eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs.

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