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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
Baker cautious on North-South rail link
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER told two of his predecessors on Wednesday that he and his staff would explore a proposed rail link between North and South Stations, but he appeared to […]
Posted inThe Back Story, Transportation
The Dukakis-Weld rail link
FORMER GOVERNORS Mike Dukakis and Bill Weld are heading up to Beacon Hill next week to put a rail link between North and South stations on Gov. Charlie Baker’s radar. […]
Posted inGambling
Baker administration OKs Wynn environmental report
THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION late Friday night approved a key environmental impact report for the proposed Wynn Resorts casino in Everett and said broader traffic concerns raised by Boston Mayor Marty […]
Posted inThe Back Story, Transportation
T spin on the Green Line Ext.
I heard the cost of the Green Line Extension was spinning out of control in early June, but I had no proof and ended up not writing anything. That’s my […]
Posted inUncategorized
Lawrence facing housing crisis, report says
A NEW REPORT suggests Lawrence is facing a major housing crisis, with property values low, rents high, and new construction failing to keep pace with population increases. The study, funded […]
Posted inPolitics
Baddour to join ML Strategies
FORMER STATE SENATOR STEVEN BADDOUR, his colleague Daniel Connelly, and their Massachusetts lobbying clients are leaving McDermott, Will & Emery to join ML Strategies, the lobbying arm of Mintz Levin […]
Posted inGambling, Transportation
Pollack gives green light for Wynn
(A clarification has been added to this story in the next-to-last paragraph,) DISAGREEING WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA HEALEY and officials from abutting communities, Massachusetts Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack said Wynn […]
Posted inGambling, Transportation
Boston attends meeting with Wynn officials
OFFICIALS FROM BOSTON AND WYNN RESORTS, whose bosses have been publicly feuding and battling each other in court, sat down together with state Secretary of Transportation Stephanie Pollack on Thursday […]
Posted inBallot Questions, Gambling
Mystery ballot question could add 2nd slots parlor
A MYSTERY BALLOT QUESTION submitted to the state attorney general’s office would allow the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to award a second slots parlor license as long as the facility is […]
Posted inGambling
Walsh offers to keep talking with Wynn
BOSTON MAYOR MARTY WALSH acknowledged on Tuesday that he may have misunderstood a Steve Wynn comment about money during a set of phone calls, but he said there was no […]
Posted inEnvironment
Baker shifts course, backs solar subsidy
THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION filed legislation on Friday that would expand the reach of a key solar subsidy but then attempt to rein in its cost after the state reaches its […]
Posted inArts and Culture, Economy, Politics
Senator still working on film tax credit changes
THE SENATE COCHAIR of the Legislature’s Revenue Committee said on Wednesday that he is still working on legislation that would reduce the cost of the state’s film tax credit. “It’s […]
Posted inGambling
Steve Wynn picks up phone and calls Walsh
BOSTON MAYOR MARTY WALSH said on Friday that Las Vegas casino developer Steve Wynn called him on Wednesday and offered the city a nine-figure sum in an effort to put […]
Posted inPolitics, The Back Story
Baker’s dire deficit projection misses mark
A clarification has been added to this story. THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION’S dire warnings last winter about a $768 million deficit for fiscal 2015 have turned out to be off the […]
Posted inGambling
Wynn says he can’t find MA welcome mat
STEVE WYNN on Wednesday brought up his company’s ongoing struggles with the city of Boston during a conference call with financial analysts and revealed that when he was originally searching […]
Posted inGambling
Healey: Wynn plays by a ‘different set of rules’
ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA HEALEY sent a letter on July 13 to state Secretary of Transportation Stephanie Pollack calling for an independent study of the traffic impact of the proposed Wynn […]
Posted inOlympics
Boston drops out of running for Olympics
THE PRIVATE GROUP seeking to host a Boston Olympics in 2024 dropped its bid on Monday, shortly after Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and Gov. Charlie Baker told the US Olympic […]
Posted inOlympics, Opinion
Five takeaways from the Olympics debate
THIS BOSTON OLYMPICS DEBATE was a train wreck. There were occasional flashes of insight, but overall the two reporters asking the questions and the four debaters answering them did little […]
Posted inGambling
US Attorney files testy motion in Everett case
US ATTORNEY CARMEN ORTIZ’S office filed a scathing court motion on Wednesday accusing the city of Boston and the defendants in a criminal lawsuit of working together to spread unfounded […]
Posted inPolitics
DeLeo raises nearly $415,000 in 6 months
An update was added to this article on July 23 HOUSE SPEAKER ROBERT DELEO’S political campaign committee raised nearly $415,000 during the first six months of 2015, a record […]
Posted inGambling, The Back Story
Walsh’s steadily expanding casino lawsuit
OVER THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh has steadily increased the intensity of his legal attacks on the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, to the point where the case is […]
Posted inGambling
Wynn files latest permit application
WYNN RESORTS on Wednesday filed its latest application seeking a key state environmental permit for its proposed Everett casino, which suggests the Las Vegas company is ignoring Attorney General Maura […]
Posted inEconomy
Globe hiking digital price 74%
THE BOSTON GLOBEÂ is raising its digital subscription cost by 74 percent in a move that executives say is an attempt to raise revenue and to match price with value. The […]