States roll out the red carpet to bring fired federal workers to their state 

Published March 25, 2025 7:00am ET



Many states have come out swinging against the Trump administration’s push to slash the federal bureaucracy.

But the Department of Government Efficiency’s initiative still holds a silver lining for governors: an opportunity to recruit talent for their own states, many of which have thousands of public jobs vacant. 

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