Left: Former DOGE chief Elon Musk. Right: Louisiana Republican Gov. Jeff Landry. (Samuel Corum/Getty Image; Michael Johnson/The Advocate via AP, Pool, File)
Of the nearly $1 billion in savings, the report said that $367 million was from Louisiana’s state general fund, $601 million from federal tax dollars and $65 million from other funding sources.
From the state fund, LA DOGE was able to cut $407.6 million in spending by improving the governmental workforce and service inefficiencies amongst state staff. An additional $206.4 million was cut through renegotiated and canceled contracts.
Critically, Louisiana was able to cut $285.5 million through Medicaid cuts that included improved eligibility determination processes to remove ineligible recipients and the implementation of an optimized process of monthly checks of residency of Medicaid members by utilizing data from the Office of Motor Vehicles. An additional $14.9 million was cut in similar eligibility determination improvements for SNAP beneficiaries.
An official in the governor’s office emphasized to Fox News Digital that the state has been able to do all these cuts while simultaneously improving the state’s services to citizens.
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Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) speaks during a meeting with US President-elect Donald Trump and other Republican governors at the Mar-a-Lago Club on January 09, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Though he said LA DOGE’s mission is complete, Landry noted that "our goal and efforts toward improving government and continuing to seek efficiencies are not complete."
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"In fact, we are just getting started," he said.
The governor shared that he plans to reform the Office of the Inspector General to "take on a new, expansive role as a reformed office also focused on optimization and efficiency within state government."
"We haven’t stopped, and we won’t stop in finding efficiencies and actually improving the services we have provided through state government," said Landry.
In a word of advice to other states hoping to emulate LA DOGE’s success, Landry urged governors to "just go out and challenge your cabinet members to reach into the bureaucracy and take a look at where the spending is occurring."
Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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