Deborah Enos, the CEO of Neighborhood Health Plan, said on Wednesday that she plans to step down Feb. 1 to pursue other interests. Her departure follows close on the heels […]
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 inPolitics
Winners & Losers
WINNERS TV STATIONS This year’s election was an advertising bonanza for local TV stations. They raked in millions of dollars in ads from PACs and candidates, fueled by tight races […]
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Gateway City papers give edge to Baker
In the key electoral battleground of Gateway Cities, Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker holds an edge over Democrat Martha Coakley in major newspaper endorsements. Baker was endorsed by the Standard-Times […]
Posted inGambling
Wynn promises unique design for Everett hotel
Steve Wynn told financial analysts on Tuesday that he has finished the redesign of his proposed casino hotel in Everett and said the property will be unlike any other in […]
Posted inEnvironment, The Back Story
Electricity impasse
Electricity prices are going to skyrocket this winter, and state officials are discovering it’s too late to do anything about it. National Grid, which purchases electricity for many of its […]
Posted inBallot Questions, Gambling, Politics
Wynn antes up $1m to fight ballot question
Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn isn’t someone you’d call wishy-washy, but lately he’s been changing his mind a lot. He reluctantly agreed to redesign his proposed Everett casino hotel […]
Posted inEnvironment, The Back Story
Bottle bill debate misses big picture
Massachusetts is battling over an expanded bottle deposit law (Question 2 on the November ballot) while ignoring the much bigger recycling crisis looming on the horizon. The state is quickly […]
Posted inPolitics
Globe CEO Sheehan talks business, Henry
Boston Globe CEO Mike Sheehan says the company is sifting through final bids for its property on Morrissey Boulevard and preparing to launch an expansion of the newspaper’s business section. […]
Posted inHealth Care, The Back Story
Connector cost debate
The state’s health care exchange website is about to return from the dead, but the cost of resuscitation remains far from clear. Gov. Deval Patrick earlier this week said the […]
Posted inEnvironment, Politics
Gov candidates vague on electricity rate spike
The candidates for governor differ sharply on ballot questions dealing with the gas tax and the bottle bill, but on the most pressing environmental issue facing the region – what […]
Posted inPolitics
Independents facing news, debate blackout
The media in Massachusetts are imposing what amounts to a news blackout on the three independent candidates running for governor. The remaining televised debates will feature only Democrat Martha Coakley […]
Posted inHealth Care
Coakley’s defense of DCF foster care
The foster care case that has become a flashpoint in the race for governor is complicated, messy, and in some ways shocking, which makes it ideal as a political football. […]
Posted inEconomy, The Back Story
Look who’s getting tax credits
The amount of film tax credits issued by the state plummeted in 2013. Some of the decline is undoubtedly due to paperwork timing issues, but the drop off is so […]
Posted inHealth Care
Medicaid insurers facing more losses
The insurance plans serving Massachusetts Medicaid patients are rated the best in the country in terms of care, but they are losing lots of money and say rates for the […]
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion, Politics
Candidate answers vague on electricity price spike
With electricity prices expected to rise to record levels this winter, you’d think the candidates running for governor would have detailed plans ready to address the problem. You’d be wrong. […]
Posted inHealth Care
Partners deal amended; Coakley rebuts critics
Attorney General Martha Coakley on Thursday revised her antitrust agreement with Partners Healthcare Systems, convincing the hospital giant to agree to additional price caps and service commitments on the North […]
Posted inEnvironment
Electricity prices to soar
An update has been added to this story National Grid says it expects its six-month electricity rate for this winter to rise to its highest level ever, an increase caused […]
Posted inGambling
Mohegan Sun claims Wynn given advantage
Mohegan Sun objected late Tuesday night to the way the Massachusetts Gaming Commission awarded a casino license to Wynn Resorts, asserting that the commissioners gave Wynn an unfair advantage by […]
Posted inEconomy
Film tax credit spending flows mostly out of state
A new state report says the Massachusetts film tax credit program generated more than $300 million in new spending in 2012, but, as in past years, most of that money […]
Posted inGambling
McHugh worries politics could sink Wynn casino
As the Massachusetts Gaming Commission on Tuesday debated the pros and cons of Wynn Resorts versus Mohegan Sun, an interesting philosophical divide emerged among the commissioners about the ability of […]
Posted inGambling
It’s a Wynn win
Kim Sinatra, former governor Bill Weld, and Robert DeSalvio, who will run the Everett hotel, prepare to testify. The pugnacious Steve Wynn compromised just enough on Tuesday to win the […]
Posted inGambling
Wynn, Mohegan differ on commission approaches
The two applicants for a Greater Boston casino license responded in typical fashion to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission’s proposed licensing conditions, with Mohegan Sun trying its best to please the […]
Posted inGambling
Gaming panel seeks casino clarifications
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission on Monday seemed to be near an impasse in choosing a Greater Boston casino licensee, so the agency asked representatives of Mohegan Sun and Wynn Resorts […]
Posted inGambling
Gaming panel gives Boston Wynn leverage
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission may give Boston a trump card in its ongoing battle with Wynn Resorts, requiring as a condition of licensure that the Las Vegas casino operator obtain […]