Violence inside a Maryland youth detention center has staff begging for help

State Roundup: Moore signs $67B budget, bills to cut spending, raise taxes; staff at state youth facility, facing injuries, staff shortage, beg for help

$67B STATE BUDGET, BILLS TO CUT SPENDING, HIKE TAXES SIGNED INTO LAW: Gov. Wes Moore signed the $67 billion state budget and its companion bill Tuesday, signaling the end of a tumultuous fiscal season — for now. The companion bill implements roughly $2 billion in spending cuts and an estimated $1.6 billion in new or increased taxes — including a 3% tax on tech services. The actions preserve 8% of the state’s Rainy Day Fund and leaves a $315 mill…

Violence inside a Maryland youth detention center has staff begging for help

Sheila Overstreet went back to work as a resident advisor for the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services at the end of April, more than two months after she‘d been sexually assaulted on the job by one of the teens she was supposed to supervise.