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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The Prince George’s County executive would be the first Black woman to represent Maryland in the U.S. Senate. -
Changes to Maryland’s juvenile justice system are waiting for the governor’s signature. -
“Everything that needed to pass today passed,” said Senate President Bill Ferguson -
The procedural move allows lawmakers to continue budget negotiations. -
The collapse of the Key Bridge casts a pall over an otherwise celebratory start to the team’s season. -
Today's news wrap focuses on juvenile justice reform in Maryland and a push for tax reform in Annapolis. -
Maryland automatically charges more teens as adults than almost any other state. An analysis of recent decisions found that some judges rely on what juvenile justice advocates say is unfair reasoning to keep those young people in adult court.
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Also announces a new state comprehensive plan will be unveiled Thursday. -
A new report by the state Department of Juvenile Services highlighted stark racial disparities in how the justice system treats youth. -
Maryland law does not require Catholic Relief Services to extend health benefits to an employee’s same-sex spouse, the Supreme Court of Maryland ruled Monday.
