Tops in tech: Baton Rouge-based Harbor Telematics has been awarded a 2012 Governor’s Technology Award in the Best Application of Technology category for its Crane Data System. Also, Charlie D’Agostino, executive director of the Louisiana Business and Technology Center, has received the Technology Leader of the Year Award. The awards were recently presented by Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne and the Louisiana Technology Council in six categories total. Other winners in the state are from New Orleans, Lake Charles and Ruston. For more information about all the winners, click here.
Head of the class: Holden and Springfield high schools in Livingston Parish have been named bronze medalists in U.S. News & World Report‘s 2012 Best High Schools report. The schools were awarded top rankings based on how well their students performed on state assessments and how well they are prepared for college-level work. This is the third time Holden High School has been named a bronze medalist winner in the Best High Schools rankings. The school was also recognized in 2008 and 2009.
The name game: The East Baton Rouge Republican Party has announced five more endorsements pertaining to the Nov. 6 election. The five candidates are: Scott Angelle for Public Service Commission District 2; Alester Jones for City Constable; R.J. “Smokie” Bourgeois for Metro Council District 12; Susan Ponder for City Court Judge; and Carey Jenkins for Ward 3 District 2 Constable. The parish’s Republican Party did not offer an endorsement in the Metro Council District 9 race. Republican incumbent Joel Boé is being challenged by fellow Republican Ted Rush in that race. Daily Report is compiling a list of endorsements for candidates in the East Baton Rouge Parish mayoral, Public Service Commission District 2 and Louisiana Supreme Court 5th District races. You can check it out here; and if your association or organization has an endorsement in one of these races you’d like to share, please email it to ssanoski@businessreport.com.
Paper chase: Newsweek plans to end its print publication after 80 years and will shift to an all-digital format aimed at online readers starting in early 2013. Job cuts are expected, but no specifics are available as of this morning. The magazine’s last U.S. print edition will be its Dec. 31 issue. Newsweek announced in July that the publication was examining its future as a weekly print magazine. The magazine’s online publication will be called Newsweek Global and will be a single, worldwide edition that requires a paid subscription.
