Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- Gov. John Bel Edwards announces that the $70 million in budget savings necessary to close the current year's budget gap left unresolved by the special legislative session will come solely from the Dept. of Health and Hospitals, during a press conference at the State Capitol Thursday afternoon. He's flanked by state budget chief Jay Dardenne, center, and chief of staff Ben Nevers, right. DHH will absorb the cuts with $30 million in savings from expenditures being less than expected, $10 million in efficiencies and $30 million in end-of-year cuts.