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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 inBy The Numbers, Politics
New poll contradicts earlier casino survey
Two recent Massachusetts polls on casino gambling produced very different results, but the difference may have more to do with the population being surveyed than any actual change in attitude. […]
Posted inPolitics, The Back Story
A power struggle over tax credit
With support for an economic stimulus package gaining steam on Beacon Hill, an interesting power struggle is developing over one of the state’s most popular tax credits. The historic rehabilitation […]
Posted inEnvironment, Politics
Regional power play begins to take shape
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and his counterparts in the other New England states are pursuing a multibillion-dollar effort to import more natural gas and low-carbon electricity into the region. Few […]
Posted inEnvironment
State seeks more data on Revere casino impact
State officials are ordering Mohegan Sun to provide more information on the environmental impact of its proposed casino in Revere, but casino officials insist preparation of the new report will […]
Posted inPolitics, The Download
DPH plays catchup on marijuana
Even as the Patrick administration was defending itself in court against charges it bungled the selection process for medical marijuana dispensaries, officials at the Department of Public Health were ordering […]
Posted inHealth Care, The Back Story
Marijuana business hard to figure
The business plans of the state’s 20 medical marijuana licensees are a study in sharp contrasts. Each of the companies was set up to grow and sell marijuana for medical […]
Posted inPolitics, The Back Story
Gaming change gains traction
Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn has taken a lot of heat for calling for changes in the state gaming law, but it now appears that at least one of […]
Posted inPolitics
Tabloid trouble
The Boston Herald and one of its reporters, Jessica Van Sack, recklessly published a false and defamatory story in 2009 alleging that a woman engaged in “sexual acts” with a […]
Posted inEnvironment
N.E. electricity costs jump 55% to $8b in 2013
The wholesale price of electricity in New England jumped 55 percent in 2013, driven primarily by a steep increase in the price of natural gas, according to ISO New England, […]
Posted inEnvironment
2 agencies told to do more Cape Wind work
A federal judge in Washington on Friday sided with Cape Wind on nearly all the legal challenges raised by opponents of the offshore wind farm, but directed two governmental agencies […]
Posted inThe Download
The Catholic Church’s gay fixation
It must be confusing to be Catholic today. On the one hand, you have a pope who is softening the church’s tone on gays, abortion, and other hot button issues. […]
Posted inPolitics
A fight brewing in Lawrence
Lawrence Mayor Daniel Rivera wants to move agencies currently scattered around the city into cheaper office space downtown, but his drive to consolidate departments is likely to trigger a multimillion-dollar […]
Posted inEnvironment, The Download
Baker’s Cape Wind conversion
Four years ago gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker strongly opposed Cape Wind as a “sweetheart deal” that would drive up the cost of doing business in Massachusetts. Now, according to an editorial […]
Posted inHealth Care
Commission: Get tough on tobacco smugglers
The state Commission on Illegal Tobacco issued a report on Friday calling for the creation of a task force to enforce tougher laws and penalties designed to reduce the smuggling […]
Posted inGambling, The Download
Plainville and racing get the nod
A divided Massachusetts Gaming Commission, won over by the possibility of simultaneously creating new gambling jobs and preserving existing jobs at the Plainridge harness racing track, approved a slots parlor for […]
Posted inEnvironment
Cape Wind: Will it be first?
Cape Wind appears to be moving closer to construction, but it’s no longer clear whether the Nantucket Sound wind farm will be America’s first. At a conference in Boston of […]
Posted inEnvironment
Hydro push
In a bid to replace the region’s retiring coal and nuclear power plants with cleaner energy, the Patrick administration and key lawmakers are mounting a major push behind legislation that […]
Posted inPolitics, The Download
Mayor Walsh: Is the honeymoon over?
We’re not quite there yet, but the honeymoon is starting to come to an end for Boston Mayor Marty Walsh. The Globe looks at his hiring record so far at City […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Politics
Patrick pledges 50% reduction in recidivism in five years
Below is the transcript of a speech Gov. Deval Patrick delivered on Thursday at UMass Boston regarding new approaches to dealing with state prison inmates. To see what Massachusetts residents […]
Posted inHealth Care
Board gives thumbs down to Partners acquisition
The board of a relatively new state commission set up to rein in health care costs gave a unanimous thumbs down on Wednesday to Partners HealthCare’s proposed acquisition of South […]
Posted inEconomy, The Download
Comcast: Is bigger better?
Comcast’s proposed $45 billion acquisition of Time Warner is getting lots of negative reviews, but the monopolistic nature of cable service today makes it difficult for customers to see what’s […]
Posted inEnvironment, Politics, The Back Story
Coakley skips solar debate
The Boston Globe reported earlier this week that Gov. Deval Patrick’s proposal to expand solar power development in Massachusetts will drive up the cost of electricity, adding about $1 to […]
Posted inPolitics, The Download
House rules
The Massachusetts House expelled Rep. Carlos Henriquez of Boston on Thursday because the representatives couldn’t tolerate having a colleague who was serving time in jail for assault and battery against […]