Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) has named two members to the Louisiana Gaming Control Board, but not a replacement for the vacant chairperson position.
Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) gestures during an address on state issues. Edwards has yet to name a chairperson to the Gaming Control Board. (Image:
KPLC-TV)
The governor appointed Ashley Anderson Taylor of Hammond to the nine-member board and reappointed Claude D. Jackson of Rodessa. Edwards announced the appointments Friday on his website. The board regulates gaming in Louisiana.
Edwards has not appointed a replacement for former Chairman Mike Noel, who resigned June 9.
If Noel had sought to remain on the board, a legislative committee likely would have questioned him about his role as a State Police official when Black motorist Ronald Greene was killed in 2019. Greene died after state troopers stunned, punched, and dragged him,