IT'S CENSUS DAY at The Baltimore Banner: Today's U.S. Census Bureau release told us a lot about the changing demographics and living experiences of counties across the country. Here's what we learned about Maryland:

Never looked at this chart before. UMich Consumer Sentiment among ages 18-34 vs overall Consumer Sentiment. When it's green, it means younger people are more optimistic than the the general public. In 30 years, we've never seen this sustained relative gloominess among the young.

"I was the last remaining Black full-time opinion columnist at the Post, in one of the nation’s most diverse regions. Washington D.C."

Stopping gardener vans to check IDs. Lingering in church parking lots. Staking out local courthouses. Read this powerful The Wall Street Journal investigation into ICE’s street arrest tactics, forged on the streets of Boston, by Brenna T. Smith Jack Gillum Michelle Hackman wsj.com/us-news/ice-bo…

The Banner’s Montgomery County coverage launches this week, and we have a great team that has hit the ground running. We know this region is distinct from the Baltimore area, and as such that coverage lives on a separate area of our site thebanner.com/montgomery/

"The state’s fledgling industry may face its doomsday in President Donald Trump, who has a longtime grudge against turbines." Great read by Adam Willis

Enoch George Howard bought his freedom, and hundreds of acres of Montgomery County land. Read about this remarkable Marylander, and a new state park that will tell his story. Beautifully written by Julie Scharper The Baltimore Banner thebanner.com/community/loca…

Sinclair has demanded Jimmy Kimmel make a donation to Turning Point USA. Especially notable considering Sinclair’s chairman has donated at least $400K to Turning Point since 2016, tax records show.

Howard County planners reject Sheetz development on historic pet cemetery buff.ly/QMehmvr

"He wore a gray Buc-ee’s hoodie and an Orioles cap to represent his hometown." Hilarious, via Cayla Harris fro The Baltimore Banner thebanner.com/culture/things…

This could become a very big deal

Huge shoutout Julie Scharper for great reporting on The Howard Family and their story! Check out this video and story below

NEW: The IRS has scrutinized Baltimore nonprofit Second Chance, its appraiser and its donors for years. Donors have been writing off their entire homes, rather than just salvaged materials. Tax guys say, uh, no. Read Lillian Reed in The Baltimore Banner thebanner.com/economy/second…

On the rapture of the fish, via The Baltimore Banner

The A-10 era is over for the Maryland Air National Guard buff.ly/5VesdlO

Great The Baltimore Banner story on the business of music festivals

What federal workers have to say about the looming shutdown. Via The Baltimore Banner

Hard to condense into a tweet this latest The Baltimore Banner investigation into a new kind of havoc wreaked in Baltimore by out-of-town housing investors, by Hallie Miller, Giacomo Bologna & Sahana Jayaraman ! thebanner.com/community/hous…

Please read this wild tale from Baltimore that has some eerie echoes of the subprime mortgage crisis of yore. A monthslong investigation from The Baltimore Banner. thebanner.com/community/hous…

This stunning investigation by Hallie Miller, Giacomo Bologna and Sahana Jayaraman about New York profiteers buying up hundreds of rowhouses in Baltimore's poor neighborhoods at inflated prices and precipitating a foreclosure crisis. thebanner.com/community/hous…