Gov. Kim Reynolds has unveiled the Iowa DOGE task force's report to identify ways to cut state and local government and increase efficiency.

The government task force first unveiled 45 recommendations in August to streamline state government, including potentially changing the Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System for future state employees and using merit pay for teachers.

Unions representing public sector employees resoundingly condemned those proposals, and the idea of altering IPERS drew swift bipartisan opposition.

Reynolds' administration will sift through the recommendations before deciding which to implement or incorporate into proposed legislation.

Reynolds established the Iowa DOGE task force through an executive order in February to make state and local government mor

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