MASSACHUSETTS LANDED about 1 million N95 medical-grade respirator masks on Thursday through a humanitarian mission orchestrated by the Baker administration with the help of US and Chinese officials and the […]
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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Virus notes: Franklin Cty. reports 3 more deaths
THREE MORE COVID-19 deaths were reported on Wednesday in tiny Franklin County, bringing its total to seven and solidifying its position as the Massachusetts county with the most deaths per […]
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To mask or not to mask
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER, who is leading efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 in Massachusetts, doesn’t see a need to wear a mask as he holds press conferences at the […]
Posted inEducation, Health Care, State House News Service
Virus notes: Franklin emerges as hotspot
NEW NUMBERS RELEASED on Tuesday show just how quickly the coronavirus situation can change, as confirmed cases continued a steady rise, deaths jumped dramatically, and two of the state’s smallest […]
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Baker extends state shutdown until May 4
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER on Tuesday urged Massachusetts residents to continue all existing social distancing measures and ordered all non-essential businesses to keep their offices and factories closed until May 4. […]
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Markey ‘wins’ state Dem convention
A correction has been added to this story clarifying that Ed Markey and Joe Kennedy III agreed that Markey would have won the convention and Kennedy would have won the […]
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Berkshire County a COVID-19 hotspot
DEATHS FROM COVID-19 are occurring in Berkshire County at a much higher rate than other counties in Massachusetts and most communities around the country. Berkshire County in the western part […]
Posted inTransportation
T ridership keeps falling as staff infections rise
MBTA GENERAL MANAGER Steve Poftak disclosed on Monday that 18 employees, including 10 bus drivers, have tested positive for COVID-19. The other employees who tested positive include one subway and […]
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The surge is coming
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER said on Monday that the long expected surge in COVID-19 cases is expected to arrive in Massachusetts sometime between April 7 and April 17, and he used […]
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Virus notes: Mass. among top states on testing
MASSACHUSETTS IS MOVING into the very top tier of states doing testing for COVID-19. As of Sunday evening, the state had conducted 39,066 tests, placing it fifth among the states […]
Posted inHealth Care, State House News Service
Virus notes: How long will this go on?
IT’S FRIDAY, which is normally a time to break away from the work-week routine. But this weekend not much is going to change. Saturday and Sunday will look pretty much […]
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All travelers to Mass. urged to self-quarantine
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER on Friday asked all travelers arriving in Massachusetts from out of state to voluntarily self-quarantine for 14 days. The governor said information on the self-quarantine effort would […]
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Virus notes: Frustrated Baker almost says God-damned
IN A SIGN of his growing frustration with the challenges associated with acquiring personal protective equipment for frontline medical workers, Gov. Charlie Baker almost said “God damned” at a televised […]
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State sets ‘meaningful and productive’ K-12 learning goal
SHUTTERED K-12 SCHOOLS across Massachusetts are being urged by state officials to create a curriculum that would engage students stuck at home because of the coronavirus in “meaningful and productive […]
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COVID-19 doesn’t discriminate by age
NO ONE IS IMMUNE to COVID-19, but teens and pre-teens come pretty close. The latest data from the state Department of Public Health indicate just over 70 percent of those […]
Posted inTransportation
Virus notes: MBTA fare revenue off $35m in March
MBTA OFFICIALS SAID on Wednesday that they expect fare revenue to fall as much as $35 million short of budget targets in March, but the transit authority is also being […]
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3 T bus drivers test positive for COVID-19
THREE MBTA BUS DRIVERS operating out of the Cabot Garage in South Boston tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, but the transit authority did not disclose the information until shortly after […]
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Good news: State hitting target for COVID-19 tests
THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION appeared to exceed its target goal for daily COVID-19 testing on Tuesday, reporting that 4,827 patients had been tested over the previous 24 hours. The increase was […]
Posted inPolitics
Baker criticizes Senate, not Trump
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER harshly criticized the US Senate for failing to quickly reach an agreement on a stimulus package for the country but shied away from taking on President Trump […]
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Harvard’s Bacow, wife test positive for COVID-19
HARVARD UNIVERSITY President Larry Bacow said on Tuesday that he and his wife tested positive for COVID-19. In an email sent to the Harvard community on Tuesday, Bacow said he […]
Posted inEconomy
Are you essential or not?
GOV CHARLIE BAKER’S list of essential businesses that can remain open for the next two weeks is a statement about what’s important in our society. Medical facilities and the people who […]
Posted inTransportation
Transportation officials struggle with the downturn
STATE TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS are starting to do financial and workforce contingency planning in case the drastic falloff in MBTA ridership and toll revenue in response to the coronavirus outbreak continues […]
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Virus notes: 1st COVID-19 death in Mass.
A SUFFOLK COUNTY MAN in his late 80s died Thursday night from COVID-19, becoming the state’s first fatality from the disease. “Obviously, it’s heartbreaking to say, but this is certainly […]
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What our COVID-19 daily diary tells us
AT 4 P.M. EVERY DAY, the state Department of Public Health releases its daily diary of the coronavirus epidemic. The numbers on confirmed cases, tests, and hospitalizations rip through the […]