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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The federal government is the biggest employer in the state. -
Changes to driving and speeding laws, and ability for people to expunge their criminal records, among headline laws taking effect after being approved by General Assembly. -
A change in state law taking effect October 1 makes towers notify state when they take a vehicle. -
Penalties for each offense will also go up on October 1. -
The number of speed cameras in the state will also increase that day. -
WYPR reporter Scott Maucione joins Midday to inform listeners about new insights into the Key Bridge collapse and the city's approach to the opioid crisis, as well as future funding. -
WYPR's Baltimore County reporter John Lee unpacks the battle for Baltimore County's next Inspector General. -
IT services tax, more state control over solar farms, and adding AI-generated images to revenge porn laws headline laws taking effect Tuesday -
The Aberdeen Ironbirds, one of the Orioles' minor league teams, has an uncertain future according to city leadership. Baltimore Banner reporter Hayes Gardner updates Midday on the team. -
WYPR Reporter Emily Hofstaedter shares her reporting on this week's protest in Highlandtown, which saw hundreds of community members gather to support Baltimore's immigrants.
