Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed legislation Wednesday creating the Lone Star State's own cost- and regulation-cutting agency styled after tech billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative for the federal government.

"Texas DOGE will lead to spending cuts, regulation cuts and a more user-friendly government," Abbott said during a bill-signing ceremony in Austin on Wednesday. "It will ensure that Texas is operating at the speed of business, and it will make it easier for our fellow Texans, average Texas, to deal with their own state government."

Texas Senate Bill 14, which received broad bipartisan support in both........

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