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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As the General Assembly opened its 90-day session, the governor and legislators offered different options for filling a nearly $3 billion deficit. -
Concerns about the incoming Trump administration are also likely to feature during 90 days of lawmaking. -
The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Service’s internal investigation did not look for problems that may have led to the agent’s death. -
Despite an increase in the number of youth supervised by the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services, a smaller number were involved in shootings, as either victims or suspects. -
The Maryland senate president says new taxes should be part of the state’s plan to deal with the deficit when the legislature returns to Annapolis in January. -
State policymakers said energy costs are also likely to feature prominently in the legislative session that begins in January. -
Defendants ordered to receive state psychiatric treatment wait for weeks or months in jails for beds to open up. -
The Maryland Health Department is working through lengthy backlogs of inspections and complaint investigations. -
Union leaders say just one supervisor will left to monitor calls for emergencies related to people sentenced to home detention. -
The retiring U.S. Senator from Maryland advocated against withholding arms from Israel during an appearance on WYPR’s Midday.
