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 American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees union says a 10th of the state government positions it represents are vacant. -
The Democrat will be the first Black woman ever to represent Maryland in the Senate. -
The State Board of Elections gave preliminary approval to a change allowing people to take photos of their own ballots in the voting booth. -
The Republican Senate candidate vetoed more than 160 bills during eight years as governor, including those related to guns, abortion, police reform and minimum wage. -
The rule change follows emails between the board’s Republican members and a group alleging election fraud. -
Republican nominee former Gov. Larry Hogan vetoed similar legislation in Maryland. -
The debate covered topics including abortion rights, gun control and foreign policy issues. -
In the new UMBC poll, voters say they like Hogan but want Democrats to control the U.S. Senate. -
With an executive order Tuesday, the Maryland governor launched a new initiative to address the decades-long issue of vacant properties in the city. -
The two leaders met with government, business and education leaders from across the state.
