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 ‘Neighborhood Services Unit’ is set to launch in October. -
The Maryland Attorney General’s Office warns that the services are rebranded payday loans that send low-income users into debt spirals. -
Among the new changes are new income tax rates on households earning at least $500,000 a year. -
Beginning in October, the state will no longer require a bachelor’s degree to get a residential real estate appraiser license. -
The findings from the audit of the Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner indicates possible pro-police and racial biases, officials say. -
Cuts by the Trump Administration have eliminated at least 20 programs in Maryland. -
The governor highlighted components of the measure designed to boost teacher recruitment and training. -
FEMA had approved more than $9 million in ongoing projects in Maryland. -
The bill is one of 94 the Democrat signed into law Tuesday. -
On their last day in Annapolis, legislators had one eye on decisions in Washington.
