Bank of America has announced that three students from the Baltimore region achieved the distinct honor of being named to the company’s Student Leaders program. The students, all of whom excel in and out of the classroom, will participate in the Student Leaders program and will work with the CASH (Creating Assets, Savings, and Hope) Campaign of Maryland, a nonprofit based in Baltimore that promotes economic advancement for low-to-moderate-income individuals and families in the city and throughout the state. Interestingly, all three local students joining Bank of America’s program this summer are from Howard County.

The Port Covington Development Team announced Thursday that it has invested $2.5 million in South Baltimore community organizations over the past year, as part of its community benefits agreement with six South Baltimore neighborhoods. This latest round of grants includes 12 macro grants totaling $815,000 and 25 micro grants totaling $262,000. Macro grants went towards organizations working on initiatives that will create positive change in at least two of the six South Baltimore neighborhoods — Brooklyn, Cherry Hill, Curtis Bay, Lakeland, Mt. Winans and Westport — while micro grants went towards organizations working on smaller projects.  

The state of Maryland added 1,500 jobs and the unemployment rate remained at 4.0% in June, according to preliminary figures released Friday by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). June’s unemployment rate is the lowest since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Compared with June 2021, Maryland jobs are up by 86,900, an over-the-year change of 3.3%. The education and health services sector experienced the most growth with an increase of 4,000 jobs from the health care and social services (3,500) and educational services sub-sectors (500).

Bestselling author Wes Moore won the Democratic primary for Maryland governor on Friday, setting up a general election contest against Republican Dan Cox, a hardline conservative endorsed by former President Donald Trump. Moore, the author of the book “The Other Wes Moore” and the former CEO of an anti-poverty nonprofit, defeated a long list of other high-profile Democrats, including Tom Perez, the former U.S. labor secretary and ex-Democratic National Committee chair, and Peter Franchot, the state’s longtime comptroller.

Chet Gladchuk is in a waiting pattern. In February, the long-time president of the Naval Academy Athletic Association and Naval Academy Golf Association sent a letter to the Secretary of the Navy requesting a formal agreement to design, develop and operate an 18-hole golf course at Greenbury Point. More than five months later, the Navy is still reviewing the proposal. Environmental advocates immediately condemned the idea this spring, saying the land use will harm the Chesapeake Bay and wetlands at Greenbury Point, and detract from the nature conservation and public access already on the peninsula.

Maryland’s action-packed primary day ended Tuesday with nominees in some races and left many others too close to call as nearly every consequential state and local race was on the ballot. Here’s a rundown of what you might have missed. Del. Dan Cox, a far-right conservative Republican endorsed by former President Donald Trump, made headlines around the country as he defeated Gov. Larry Hogan’s hand-picked successor, former state Commerce Secretary Kelly Schulz. Polls in recent months had shown a neck-and-neck race even as Schulz out-fundraised and outspent Cox the entire way.