Matt Bush
News DirectorMatt Bush spent 14 years in public radio prior to coming to WYPR as news director in October 2022. From 2008 to 2016, he worked at Washington D.C.’s NPR affiliate, WAMU, where he was the station’s Maryland reporter. He covered the Maryland General Assembly for six years (alongside several WYPR reporters in the statehouse radio bullpen) as well as both Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties.
From 2016 until March 2022, Matt was the news director at Blue Ridge Public Radio (BPR) in Asheville, North Carolina. He and his team won 21 Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas awards in his last four years at BPR. Those were the station’s first such awards in its more than 40-year history. He also produced the station’s three podcasts, The Porch, The Waters & Harvey Show and Going Deep: Sports in the 21st Century. @MattBushMD
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Liquor store deliveries, a paint recycling program and a ban on legacy preference in college admissions go into effect July 1. -
The definition of what is shellfish in Maryland will change July 1, and the bay scallop could be the biggest beneficiary. -
All shipping traffic in and out of Port of Baltimore can resume. -
State will also be able to sue gun manufacturers and sellers, while Baltimore City gets more power over its police department and tax rates for vacant properties -
GOP has chance at winning seat in deep blue state that Democrats need to win to keep slim majority. -
The former two-term governor's win in Tuesday's primary gives Republicans a chance at a Senate seat in deep blue state. Hogan will face Democrat and Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks. -
The Maryland Online Privacy Act of 2024 takes effect October 1, 2025. -
The bill doesn’t tackle guns, but instead child poverty, which the Governor says affects all issues.
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Gov. Wes Moore signed emergency election bill into law Tuesday. -
Gov. Wes Moore spent the morning lobbying Congress, and the afternoon signing bills, including one giving aid to workers affected by suspended activity at the Port of Baltimore.
