BATON ROUGE — Gov. Jeff Landry on Friday signed an emergency declaration to help fund Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program benefits for the elderly, disabled and children, funds that will be cut off if the ongoing government shutdown continues into November.

Landry's executive order, which can be read in full here, says that the state of emergency will be in effect until Nov. 4, three days after SNAP benefits would begin to be withheld unless the government is reopened.

As of October 2025, nearly 793,000 Louisianians were on SNAP benefits, Landry's order says.

Landry blamed the continuing shutdown that began on Oct. 1 on Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. Democrats say future federal spending should include funds to prevent major premium increases for insurance policies written under

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