Rachel Baye
Senior Reporter/EditorRachel Baye is a senior reporter and editor in WYPR's newsroom.
She came to WYPR in 2015 from the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit investigative journalism organization in Washington, D.C., where she covered the influence of money on state politics across the country. Rachel previously covered Washington, D.C.'s Maryland suburbs for The Washington Examiner. In 2014, she dug into political contributions to Washington, D.C. politicians by city contractors as part of a project by WAMU and American University's Investigative Reporting Workshop, and she contributed research to the book longtime ABC anchor Ted Koppel published in October 2015. Her work has also appeared in several national and regional print and digital outlets.
Rachel has a master's degree in journalism from American University and a bachelor's from the University of Pennsylvania. While in school, she interned at Philadelphia’s public radio station, WHYY, on the live talk show Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane, and with CNN’s investigative team.
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Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, the Democratic nominee in the race for Maryland’s open U.S. Senate seat, describes what sets longtime friend Kamala Harris apart.
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Data from the Baltimore Police Department shows that roughly a quarter of juveniles arrested in the city are charged as adults.
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Officials say the cuts help pay increased Medicaid and child care scholarship costs.
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The Democrat said the move is a big step toward closing the racial wealth gap in the state.
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Maryland's governor granted pardons to tens of thousands of people with cannabis-related misdemeanors on their records — one of the biggest moves made in a national trend of decriminalization.
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Agent Davis Martinez is the first agent to be killed in the line of duty in Maryland.
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Supporters and opponents of the law expect to see it challenged in court.
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State Senate Judicial Proceedings chair Will Smith drafted a bill to stop automatically charging teens accused of robbery, assault and gun possession in adult court.
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City election director says there are no plans to keep polls open past their scheduled closing time of 8 p.m.
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The 68-year-old congressman is locked in a tight Democratic primary race with Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks.
