(Radio Iowa) – Governor Kim Reynolds will deliver the annual “Condition of the State” address tonight (Tuesday) and unveil her 2025 agenda for lawmakers. During a recent Radio Iowa interview, Reynolds hinted she’ll propose more streamlining in state government. “We did DOGE before DOGE was cool. We started it way ahead of Elon and Vivek,” Reynolds said. “I’m hoping they look to Iowa. We’re a great role model of what you can do and, you know, we’re just getting started.”

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are leading Trump’s “Department of Government Efficiency” or DOGE for the federal government. Two years ago, Reynolds oversaw a reorganization plan that shrunk the number of state government agencies from 37 to 16. Last year, she dramatically reduced the number of state boards and commissions.

“There’s a lot of money in the system is what I’m finding out as we do realignment and as we look at the inefficiencies and we look at the duplicated efforts. I’ll talk a lot about that in the priorities I’m putting forward in my 2025 program,” Reynolds said. “When you look at state dollars and federal dollars — a lot of duplication there. Are we using those appropriately?”

Reynolds says taking advantage of the latest technology, including artificial intelligence, will help make state government more efficient.Her speech begins at 6-p.m. and can be seen on Iowa PBS.