Governor Jeff Landry announced that the Louisiana Fiscal Responsibility Program that he established in December of 2024 has found hundreds of millions of dollars in savings within state government. The program is led by Fiscal Responsibility Czar Steve Orlando.
“Through difficult, persistent work, we identified hundreds of millions in savings without cutting services. In fact, we’ve added services. This is real money that helps our state live within its means,” Orlando said.
Landry’s Fiscal Responsibility Program was inspired by President Trump’s DOGE initiative. Former Commissioner of Administration Angelle Davis worked with the Louisiana DOGE team, and she says it was a team effort throughout state government to eliminate wasteful spending and improve government efficiency.
“As a result of working with our partners and the governor’s cabinet, we will achieve on most a billion in annual cost savings and efficiencies. That’s savings across only 17 departments,” Davis said.
Landry says the state will not stop in finding efficiencies that will save taxpayers’ money and improve state services.
“It’s just a great day. I mean, it’s unbelievable. It really is. It just sets the tone on what the next legislative session is going to be,” Landry said.
Landry says his goal is to eliminate the state income tax and the chance of that happening grows if the state finds ways to improve government services while at the same time reducing spending.