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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Classes for the rest of the week have also been canceled following shooting that wounded five, including four students -
Rye whiskey must be distilled from at least 51% rye wheat, which many farmers stopped growing due to Prohibition. -
As the number of concealed carry permit holders skyrockets in Maryland, the state set limits as to where they can take their guns -
The 17-year-old male faces four charges, but police have not identified him as a shooter. -
Governor says the end of race-based admissions in higher education would be easier for state to do something about than student debt relief. -
A ban on political candidates using cryptocurrency, expanded voting powers for Baltimore City and County student board of education members and the removal of MTA fares from rising and falling with inflation go into effect Saturday. -
Police will no longer be able to use the suspected smell of cannabis as the sole reason for a search of vehicles -
Proposed east-to-west rail line through Baltimore was canceled by former Governor Larry Hogan in June 2015. -
Included are two headlining bills intended to make the state a safe haven for those seeking abortions. -
Supporters long sought to get rid of it as state was one of the last in the country to have it
