Sarah Petrowich
Maryland State Government & Politics ReporterSarah is the Maryland State Government & Politics Reporter for WYPR.
She came to WYPR in 2025 after previously covering state politics for Delaware's lone NPR member station Delaware Public Media. There, she led award-winning coverage on the state legislature, public education funding reform, the launch of the state's recreational marijuana market and Delaware's 2024 gubernatorial race, producing stories for NPR's All Things Considered and Here & Now.
She has a degree in journalism and political science from the University of Missouri, where she aided in podcast production, general assignment reporting and coverage of the Missouri General Assembly for KBIA. She has also done reporting for WUSF in Tampa, Florida, and production and social media work for POLITICO Europe in Brussels, Belgium. While largely having grown up in the Midwest, Sarah spent the first several years of her youth in Fairbanks, Alaska.
When a microphone is not in her hand, Sarah can be found hiking, logging movies on Letterboxd and rooting for the Chicago Cubs.
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Ferguson sat down with WYPR to discuss his policy priorities as Maryland’s annual legislative session kicks off in Annapolis. -
Ending automatic charging of youths as adults and reducing racial disparities within the justice system are top priorities for the partnership. -
The jobs lost in Maryland represent roughly eight percent of all federal position eliminations since the beginning of the Trump administration. -
The governor is recommending spending increases in both categories as state lawmakers prepare to balance the FY27 budget. -
Hoyer told colleagues on the House floor that the decision was a sad one but has concerns over Congress’s growing divisiveness. -
Moore endorsed three affordable housing bills on Tuesday and announced a mixed-use development project in Capitol Heights. -
Gov. Wes Moore spoke with WYPR about his legislative priorities as state lawmakers prepare to return to Annapolis next week. -
Marylanders can kick off 2026 with a First Day Hike as a part of an America’s State Parks annual tradition. -
A new UMBC poll reveals 72 percent of Marylanders aren’t making New Year’s resolutions and are feeling generally pessimistic about 2026. -
The lesser approved amount will still increase customer bills starting in February, on top of pre-approved rate increases beginning Jan. 1.
