HINGHAM POLICE SGT. KRIS PHILLIPS, who figured prominently in a recent police probe of anonymous letters criticizing the current chief, was indicted on Wednesday for alleged insurance fraud. Phillips, 52, […]
Bruce Mohl
Bruce Mohl oversees the production of content and edits reports, along with carrying out his own reporting with a particular focus on transportation, energy, and climate issues.
He previously worked at the Boston Globe, where he spent nearly 30 years in a wide variety of positions covering business and politics. He covered the Massachusetts State House and served as the Globe’s State House bureau chief in the late 1980s. He also reported for the Globe’s Spotlight Team, winning a Loeb award in 1992 for coverage of conflicts of interest in the state’s pension system. He served as the Globe’s political editor in 1994 and went on to cover consumer issues for the newspaper.
Bruce is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
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Globe moving newsroom to 53 State St.
The BOSTON GLOBE SAID ON THURSDAY it plans to shut down its sprawling offices on Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester by the end of next year and move its news and […]
Posted inTransportation
MBTA dumps Green Line contractors
THE MBTA ON THURSDAY CANCELED THE CONTRACTS of the four major firms working on the Green Line extension and announced it was also going to shake up its own internal […]
Posted inTransportation
State begins pruning Green Line extension
STATE OFFICIALS TURNED TO OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS on Wednesday for help in deciding whether they should build the Green Line extension to Somerville and also ordered the MBTA not to approve […]
Posted inGambling
Wynn-Walsh meeting called positive
LAS VEGAS CASINO DEVELOPER STEVE WYNN held a “positive and helpful” meeting with Boston Mayor Marty Walsh on Tuesday about his Everett casino proposal and then announced late in the […]
Posted inGambling
Mohegan Sun v. Wynn – Round 2
BOLSTERED BY A JUDGE’S FAVORABLE RULING, Mohegan Sun said on Friday that it plans to challenge the way in which the Massachusetts Gaming Commission last year awarded a casino license […]
Posted inGambling, Uncategorized
Walsh body language: Time to move on
BOSTON MAYOR MARTY WALSH sounded on Friday morning like someone who was about to give up his nasty court fight against the Wynn Resorts casino in Everett, but he said […]
Posted inGambling
Judge rules against Walsh on casino challenge
SUFFOLK SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE JANET SANDERS on Thursday dealt a crushing blow to Boston Mayor Marty Walsh’s nearly year-long bid to overturn the award of a casino license to Wynn […]
Posted inEconomy, Environment, The Back Story
Do clean energy jobs add up?
MASSACHUSETTS OFFICIALS ISSUED A REPORT earlier this week indicating the state’s “clean energy industry” continued its explosive growth this year, boosting employment 11.9 percent to nearly 99,000 people, or 3.3 […]
Posted inTransportation
T refuses to release Green Line report
STATE TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS are refusing to release a consultant’s report on what went wrong with a contract for the Green Line extension to Somerville, saying the document “was prepared under […]
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Grid operator confident about this winter
THE POWER GRID OPERATOR IN NEW ENGLAND said it expects to have sufficient supplies of electricity this winter despite concerns about the inadequate capacity of natural gas pipelines coming into […]
Posted inEconomy, Politics
Baker, Patrick administrations play blame game
THE BAKER AND PATRICK ADMINISTRATIONS are pointing the finger at each other in the wake of a bond rating agency’s decision to change its financial outlook for Massachusetts from stable […]
Posted inEconomy, Politics
S&P lowers Mass. outlook to negative
STANDARD & POOR’S left the credit rating of the state of Massachusetts intact on Monday but changed its outlook for the state from stable to negative because of concerns about […]
Posted inPolitics, The Back Story
For Legislature, there’s always next year
The first year of the Legislature’s two-year session ended with a whimper on Wednesday night. After 11 months of doing next to nothing, the two branches finally moved into high […]
Posted inEnvironment
Lawmakers go home, turn lights out on solar bill
THE HOUSE AND SENATE failed to agree on net metering legislation Wednesday night and recessed until next year, leaving the state’s fast-growing solar industry stalled in a regulatory limbo. Solar […]
Posted inEnvironment
Healey study: No new pipelines needed
A STUDY COMMISSIONED BY ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA HEALEY indicates new natural gas pipelines are not needed because the region’s power grid will face no “reliability deficiency” through 2030. Even with […]
Posted inEnvironment
House passes solar bill; Senate leader hopeful
THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE voted 150-2 on Tuesday in favor of a solar power bill that is very different from what the Senate passed in June, yet the Senate’s energy expert […]
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Solar advocates slam House net metering bill
THE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE unveiled a solar power bill Monday night that would temporarily lift the cap on a key incentive but then rein in costs associated with […]
Posted inGambling
Judge OKs Wynn deposition of Walsh aide
A SUFFOLK SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE has authorized Wynn Resorts to question under oath a top aide to Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and the city’s outside legal counsel to determine who […]
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Quebec premier pitches baseload hydro power
(A correction has been added to this story.) QUEBEC PREMIER PHILIPPE COUILLARD came to Boston on Friday to pitch hydro-electricity from his province as a source of baseload power for […]
Posted inPolitics, The Back Story
Hingham letter investigation could turn criminal
HINGHAM OFFICIALS ARE HINTING that their $40,000 probe into who wrote two anonymous letters to the Board of Selectmen in April could possibly turn into a criminal investigation. One Hingham employee has already […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Politics
SJC seeks probes of DeLeo transcript leak
THE MASSACHUSETTS SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT told House Speaker Robert DeLeo on Monday that it was asking three state and federal law enforcement agencies and its former independent counsel to investigate […]
Posted inEnvironment
National Grid proposes new rate structure
NATIONAL GRID on Friday proposed a radically different rate structure for delivering electricity to Massachusetts customers that relies more on fixed monthly charges and less on fees based on electricity […]
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Forecast: Electricity demand flat next 10 years
THE REGION’S POWER GRID OPERATOR issued a report on Thursday forecasting that New England’s thirst for electricity will remain flat for the next decade, but the fuel source for that […]