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 retiring U.S. Senator from Maryland advocated against withholding arms from Israel during an appearance on WYPR’s Midday. -
The proposed regulation would require a student’s old school system to share information about criminal charges with their new school system if they transfer. -
About 10% of state government positions were vacant at the end of October, according to state data. -
According to a new report, more than 70% of adults incarcerated in Maryland for crimes they committed as children were physically abused before being locked up. -
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.
