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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House of Delegates on Thursday approved a bill requiring refill stations in any new building large enough to require a water fountain. -
House approved changes with near unanimous but reluctant support from Democrats. -
Both chambers of the General Assembly are poised to pass live wild animal act bans this week. -
The northern snakehead — native to East Asia — was first discovered in the state in 2002, and attempts to stop its growth have been unsuccessful. -
Bill unveiled Wednesday in Annapolis makes many changes, but a long road to approval awaits. -
The Biden Administration found that 19 public land-grant HBCU’s were underfunded by nearly $13-billion over the last three decades - and that includes the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore. -
2022 law extends rights to children, but prosecutors have since claimed that it hurts criminal investigations. -
Lawmakers still have their say on $63 billion spending plan. -
Tom speaks with WYPR News Director Matt Bush and Baltimore Banner reporter Hallie Miller about this year's legislative session and Governor Moore's housing agenda. -
Wes Moore didn’t say no or yes to tax or fee increases as MD General Assembly convened for annual session amid $761 million budget shortfall.
