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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The House of Delegates quietly attached an amendment to a bill that would make Congressional gerrymandering easier within Maryland, but the Senate is unlikely to take it up for a vote. -
Maryland Senate gives initial approval to $1.8B capital budget for statewide infrastructure projectsThe general bonds will be paired with around $3.8 billion in additional funds to total a capital spending plan of almost $6 billion. -
Monday marks a key deadline in the General Assembly for bills that want to become a law. -
Lawmakers are racing to meet a significant deadline for priority bills, utilizing double-day and weekend sessions -
The 30-day gas tax holiday could save Marylanders around $7 per fill-up, but the governor’s administration raises concerns over its fiscal impact to the state. -
State legislators are also on track to require Marylanders to clear snow and ice off of their cars before hitting the road. -
The Maryland House speaker, Senate president and governor are all backing the Utility RELIEF Act to bring down energy bills, but House Republicans spent over three hours trying to adjust the legislation. -
The Senate opted to adhere fairly closely to the governor’s recommended state spending proposal, but the fiscal impact on the developmental disability community will be lesser. -
Those with developmental disabilities are anxiously waiting to see if the Senate adopts all of Gov. Wes More’s proposed $150 million in cuts to the state agency that helps provide them with care. -
State budget experts are now projecting a $355 million surplus when the fiscal year ends in June, but next year’s fiscal outlook has worsened.
