The Idaho Legislature's DOGE task force considered 10 proposals Wednesday as part of the committee’s efforts to better allocate resources across the various agencies and departments of state government.

Idaho's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), taking after the federal government's initiative of the same name, has been holding regular meetings to identify efficiency targets since the task force was initiated this summer. The committee of state legislators heard 10 recommendations to achieve this end by consolidating or eliminating several state entities.

Of these proposals, six were recommended for legislative action:

Moving Idaho’s Bingo-Raffle Advisory Board under the Lottery Commission

Integrating the Idaho Soil & Water Conservation Commission with the Idaho Department of

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