Gov. Wes Moore to pitch budget cuts over higher taxes in new spending plan

Gov. Wes Moore on Wednesday will release a plan outlining his preference for solving Maryland’s multibillion-dollar financial shortfalls through budget cuts rather than raising taxes. The Democratic governor’s declaration will be the first time he’s specifically proposed “targeted and strategic spending cuts” — as he said in a guest commentary Wednesday in The Baltimore Sun — although his $63.1 billion state budget proposal earlier this year included trims in areas like higher education.