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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 inEnvironment, The Back Story
A solar garden grows
Worth Robbins is like a lot of Massachusetts residents. He always wanted to put solar panels on his roof in Harvard, but he discovered that trees on his property and […]
Posted inPolitics, The Download
A tough day for Coakley
Attorney General Martha Coakley is the frontrunner in all the gubernatorial polls, but on Tuesday she took a beating on two issues that are likely to figure prominently in the […]
Posted inPolitics
Prosecutors use letters to buttress mail fraud
The documents, signed by former Probation commissioner John O’Brien and his top aide Elizabeth Tavares, were basically form letters. Some of the letters notified people that they were not being […]
Posted inPolitics
Wynn land issue resolved
A co-owner of the Everett property where Wynn Resorts wants to build a casino has pledged that he has no secret partners, resolving a long-running standoff that had threatened to […]
Posted inPolitics, The Back Story
Justice or payback?
For some lawmakers on Beacon Hill, the federal trial of former Probation commissioner John O’Brien and two of his top aides is not what it appears. For them, the case […]
Posted inThe Download
Globe stops shrinking
The Boston Globe, which has been steadily shrinking in size and scope for more than a decade, expanded on Friday, launching a special weekly section devoted to state, local, and […]
Posted inPolitics, The Back Story
Fisher is a plus for Baker
Halfway through a forum this week featuring Republican gubernatorial candidates Charlie Baker and Mark Fisher, I began to wonder why GOP officials fought so hard at their state convention to […]
Posted inPolitics
Prosecutor’s age claim was off by 3 years
Kelly Manchester, the former girlfriend of state Sen. Mark Montigny, testified on Friday that she is currently 30 years old, which would have made her 24 when she got her […]
Posted inPolitics
Ex-Sen. Hart sails at O’Brien trial
Former state Sen. John (Jack) Hart sailed through his second day of testimony at the trial of former Probation commissioner John O’Brien and two of his top aides. He acknowledged […]
Posted inPolitics
Sen. Montigny contacted Manchester interviewer
Sen. Mark Montigny in 2008 personally contacted one of the people interviewing Kelly Manchester for a probation officer’s job, but it was unclear what role, if any, his recommendation played […]
Posted inPolitics
Coakley indicts man for Plainridge theft
Attorney General Martha Coakley on Wednesday indicted a former official at Plainridge Racecourse in Plainville for stealing $61,000 from the harness racing track’s money room. The alleged theft occurred at […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Politics
Middle-of-road Speaker takes on gun violence
John Rosenthal of Stop Handgun Violence at the State House press conference, flanked by House Speaker Robert DeLeo (left) and Rep. Harold Naughton Jr. of Clinton. House Speaker Robert DeLeo, […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics
Audio: Casino gaming splits governor candidates
The Democratic candidates for governor are split on casino gambling, with one opposed, one in favor, and two somewhat reluctant supporters. At a forum this week with four of the […]
Posted inPolitics
Gaming panel restarts Wynn-Mohegan feud
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission is calling for some changes in the state gaming law, and doing so in a way that appears to buttress Steve Wynn’s claim that Mohegan Sun […]
Posted inPolitics
Ex-Sen. Hart’s memory nonexistent on Probation
Former state Sen. John (Jack) Hart Jr. testified on Wednesday at the trial of former Probation commissioner John O’Brien that he could recall almost nothing about the work he did […]
Posted inPolitics
W. Ma. Probation official testifies to hiring irregularities
A Probation Department official from western Massachusetts testified on Wednesday about hiring irregularities and possible nepotism at the agency, but his testimony was undercut by his inability to remember events […]
Posted inHealth Care, Politics
Coakley-Partners deal
Attorney General Martha Coakley approved a deal on Monday that allows Partners HealthCare to complete its acquisition of South Shore Hospital in Weymouth and two affiliated physician practices as long […]
Posted inEducation, The Download
Norma Rae goes to Northeastern
Part-time faculty at Northeastern University narrowly voted to form a union on Thursday, giving momentum to a movement that appears to be picking up steam in Boston and across the country. […]
Posted inGambling, The Back Story
Gaming Commission: Boosterism or bias?
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission is taking a lot of heat from Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and others for failing to be objective, but the perception of bias may stem from […]
Posted inPolitics
Probation intervention helped Lawton along
Two officials affiliated with the Plymouth County Probate and Family Court testified on Thursday that the Probation commissioner’s office intervened in a 2008 hiring process for a job as a […]
Posted inPolitics
Senator’s alleged girlfriend ‘woefully inadequate’
A woman described by a federal prosecutor as the girlfriend of Sen. Mark Montigny of New Bedford received the highest score in the final interview for a probation officer’s job […]
Posted inPolitics
Petrolati donations raise legal issues
A Probation official testified in federal court on Tuesday that he gave two, $100 cash contributions to his superiors at the agency to pass on to Rep. Thomas Petrolati of […]
Posted inGambling
Tackling tie votes
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission, left with an even number of members after Chairman Stephen Crosby recused himself from votes on Greater Boston casino licensing issues, is going to try to […]