Published: October 29, 2025
By: Courtney Bell, Avery White and Sheridan White, LSU Manship School News Service
BATON ROUGE — As the state Legislature finished its special session Wednesday, it requested $150 million to temporarily fund SNAP food benefits in November because the federal government shutdown could cut off benefits beginning Saturday.
The Senate passed a resolution also urging the federal government to refund the state the $150 million it will pay to continue SNAP benefits starting Saturday. Otherwise, there will be no funding for the program, leaving almost 800,000 Louisiana residents without benefits.
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LSU Manship School Statehouse Bureau 
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