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 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. -
The state says cost-cutting measures by Grace Ocean Private Limited and Synergy Marine Group led to a disaster with far-reaching financial ramifications for Marylanders. -
Democrat Angela Alsobrooks says the key question in her race to represent Maryland in the Senate is which party controls the chamber. -
Fact Check: Does Maryland Child Interrogation Protection Act forbid police from interrogating teens?In the wake of Friday’s fatal shooting at Joppatowne High School, law enforcement have renewed complaints about the two-year-old law designed to protect youth. -
The trend is a sign that the Maryland criminal justice system has been treating more teens as adults than in the past. -
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. -
Data from the Baltimore Police Department shows that roughly a quarter of juveniles arrested in the city are charged as adults.
