ANNAPOLIS – Schools in Montgomery County have begun a monthlong initiative to verify the residency of its 10,000 eighth-grade students in the hope of recouping more than $200,000 by combating a continuing problem

ANNAPOLIS – Dario Muralles left Guatemala with his family when he was 3, has lived in Maryland for 14 years, and his mother pays taxes here

ANNAPOLIS – A move to prevent recognition of same-sex marriages performed in other states, killed in committee last week, was resurrected briefly Tuesday as an amendment on the floor of the House of Delegates

ANNAPOLIS – Full funding of a landmark $1

ANNAPOLIS – Inky, a young pygmy sperm whale, was found on a New Jersey beach on Thanksgiving Day 1993

ANNAPOLIS – Public school construction took center stage Thursday as two House committees reviewed bills that tie increased building dollars to new taxes

ANNAPOLIS – The state delayed its $42 million bailout loan of Baltimore City public schools Tuesday after learning the system’s deficit was $17 million greater than officials said last week

ANNAPOLIS – Richard Hug, a member of the University System of Maryland’s Board of Regents, said he doesn’t understand all the fuss over his involvement in soliciting funds in support of slot machines

ANNAPOLIS – About $30 million in extra education funds could be funneled to 13 school districts next year if a proposal by the Maryland State Department of Education is adopted by the General Assembly

ANNAPOLIS – The House of Delegates approved legislation Friday that assures full funding of a landmark education plan – a move that Gov