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DES MOINES — Should Iowa have fewer than 99 counties?

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ task force on government efficiency has floated the idea, and Reynolds on Friday did not rule it out.

“I’ve said this 100 times. … We have to take a look at everything,” Reynolds told reporters Friday after a public bill-signing ceremony. “Iowans are going to have to decide if they truly do want their property taxes reduced, then we probably are going to have to think about how we deliver services a little bit differently, a little bit more efficiently.”

Reynolds early this year created a state DOGE Task Force — named similarly to the federal government efficiency agency created by President Donald Trump and form

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