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1. Caddo Commissioner Steffon Jones paid his outstanding fines to the Louisiana Ethics Commission.

Thus, he stays on the ballot, and he will be re-elected because no other person qualified for his seat.

2. Grace Ann Blake will be sworn in to fill the unexpired District 8 term of Jim Taliaferro on Sept. 5. Blake qualified for both the unexpired term as well as the new term to start in Jan.

Ron Cothran had qualified for the interim race as well as the new commission district he is in after the re-districting. Cothran withdrew from the District 8 race. Blake faces Tim Euler on Oct. 14 for the District 8 four-year term.

3. The lawsuit challenging Cothran's residency in the new District 10 is being dismissed.

4. A lawsuit challenging Quinton Aught's residency in the new District 10 is set for a hearing on Mon. Aug. 21.