US ATTORNEY ANDREW LELLING on Friday accused Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia II of running the city as a “pay-to-play institution,” using the leverage provided by the state’s marijuana law to shake down marijuana vendors for hundreds of thousands of dollars in return for approvals they needed to advance their projects. Correia was already facing […]
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.
Posted inTransportation
Back Bay-Logan bus is a big hit
A SPECIAL PERK and a much lower price have transformed the Massport bus operating between Back Bay and Logan International Airport into a hit with travelers. In the first four months of its reconfigured operation, ridership more than doubled, rising from 45,864 in 2018 to 97,963 this year. On a month-by-month basis, passenger traffic has […]
Posted inTransportation
T urged to experiment with income-based commuter rail fares
THE MBTA SHOULD EXPERIMENT with income-based fares and cut charges for reverse-commuting and off-peak travel, the think tank MassINC argues in a new policy brief. The brief doesn’t advocate for specific commuter rail fares, but notes that the cost of travel between most Gateway Cities and Boston is way too high. The fare cost as […]
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MIT lecturer to oversee Globe editorial page
AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR of searching for a new editorial page editor, the Boston Globe announced on Wednesday that MIT lecturer Bina Venkataraman will take over the job in November. On her website, Venkataraman describes herself as “a writer and leader who works at the intersection of social progress, emerging technology & environmental change.” […]
Posted inPolitics
Polito pushed Taunton mayor for probate job
TAUNTON MAYOR THOMAS HOYE JR. revealed on Wednesday that it was Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito who first broached the idea of him becoming the register of probate in Bristol County, a move that opened the door for Republican Rep. Shaunna O’Connell to run for mayor. Testifying before the Governor’s Council, which must approve his appointment, […]
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Mintz Levin, ML Strategies steer clear of pot clients
THE POWERHOUSE LOBBYING FIRM ML Strategies and its corporate parent, the law firm of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, are not pursuing clients in the recreational marijuana business while the legal status of pot remains murky. While other law and lobbying firms have plunged head-first into the marijuana arena, Mintz Levin and ML […]
Posted inEnvironment
Mayflower Wind promises lowest US price yet
ONE OF THE COMPANIES seeking to win the state’s second offshore wind procurement offered regulators a choice between the lowest price ever in the United States or proposals that come with a higher price but include major onshore investments. Most analysts had expected prices to rise on the state’s second procurement, partly because the bid […]
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Marijuana fuels lobbying firm’s growth
RIDING STRONG REVENUES from marijuana clients, the firm of Smith, Costello & Crawford edged out ML Strategies as the lobbying company with the most revenue during the first half of 2019. According to filings with the secretary of state’s office, Smith, Costello & Crawford reported $1.98 million in lobbying fees during the first six months […]
Posted inEnvironment, Politics
Baker presses for March Vineyard Wind decision
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER pressed the Trump administration on Wednesday to wrap up its environmental review of Vineyard Wind by March 2020, and indicated he is seeking accommodations for the wind farm in regard to federal tax credits and project timetables. Even though President Trump appeared to disparage wind power at a summit in France earlier […]
Posted inPolitics
Trump says windmills aren’t working too well
AT THE END of a long press conference after the Group of 7 summit in Biarritz, France, President Trump responded to a question about his climate change skepticism in a way that didn’t sound promising for those trying to build an offshore wind industry in the United States. “The US has tremendous wealth. The wealth […]