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( Baltimore Sun photo by Barbara Haddock Taylor / January 16, 2013 )

Gov. Martin O'Malley on Wednesday unveiled a $37 billion spending plan that has no proposed tax increases, gives a record amount to education and is "on the verge" of closing a budget gap that once stood at nearly $2 billion. Here's some of what's in that spending plan, which is 3.3 percent bigger than last year, and the companion $3.7 billion capital budget for construction projects.
— Erin Cox