Extending the tax law that’s set to expire would add $4.6 trillion to the national debt — so some GOP lawmakers want to change the rules.

Gov. Wes Moore (D) said Tuesday he will avoid tax increases and massive budget cuts and instead focus on growing the state's economy to solve the worst budget problem in more than two decades.

An overhaul of Maryland’s personal income taxes would give two-thirds of filers an average tax cut of about $173 while raising hundreds of millions of dollars more from those making more than $500,000 under a budget plan proposed Wednesday by Gov.