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 appeared in several national and regional print and digital outlets and has won more than a dozen awards.
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 Senate and House need to reconcile differences before sending a budget package to the governor for his signature. -
The port is a top importer of cars and light trucks. -
Maryland law prevents noncitizens from acting as executors of their loved ones’ estates. -
Republicans unsuccessfully fought against proposals to increase spending on education and health care. -
The state budget may include language that goes into effect if the federal government makes massive cuts to healthcare spending. -
The proposal includes a new 3% tax on data and IT services. -
The bill requires a warrant to hand over Marylanders’ data to the federal government. -
The bill would protect in state law a standard backed by the U.S. Supreme Court but opposed by the first Trump Administration.
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The controversial proposal is estimated to bring in $1 billion a year. -
The 2.5% tax would cover accounting, landscaping, and valet parking, among others.
