North Dakota version of DOGE to take a slower approach to cost savings

  • Joe Morrissette, director of the North Dakota Office of Management and Budget, speaks to lawmakers during a meeting of the Budget Section on June 25, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)
    Joe Morrissette, director of the North Dakota Office of Management and Budget, speaks to lawmakers during a meeting of the Budget Section on June 25, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)

    North Dakota’s version of DOGE began work this week, but members say it won’t be just like the federal government version that inspired it.

    “The federal thing seems to be ‘Gotcha. I caught you doing something wrong,’ instead of looking at what are our outcomes and how to do things better,” said Senate Minority Leader Kathy Hogan, D-Fargo.

    North Dakota lawmakers this year established the Legislative …