PolitiFact, the fact-checking website of the Tampa Bay Times , is launching PunditFact, which will check the accuracy of claims made by pundits, columnists, and bloggers. “Pundits on TV and radio, […]
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 inOpinion, Politics
Miller selling NH home to pay Banner debt
Melvin Miller, the publisher of the Bay State Banner, which caters to Boston’s African-American community, is selling his stunning New Hampshire vacation home to satisfy a nearly $278,000 debt the […]
Posted inPolitics, The Download
The keys to the Boston school bus driver dispute
In a wildcat strike that took Boston by surprise Tuesday morning, school bus drivers walked off the job, stranding thousands of students without a way to get to school. Officials […]
Posted inThe Download, Transportation
Is Patrick in denial?
He didn’t get the new taxes he wanted, but Gov. Deval Patrick is nevertheless pushing ahead with the transportation projects they were supposed to help finance. The Patrick administration on […]
Posted inThe Download, Uncategorized
Holy See change
This ain’t Pope Benedict’s Catholic Church any more. Benedict’s successor, Pope Francis, signaled he intends to take the church in a very different direction on such issues as abortion, gay […]
Posted inEconomy, Environment
Clean energy workers total 80,000, Mass. says
State officials on Tuesday said Massachusetts now has nearly 80,000 clean energy workers, up about 11 percent from a year ago and representing about 2 percent of the state’s workforce. […]
Posted inEducation
Lawrence test scores improve, sources say
Standardized test scores due out later this week are expected to show that the state takeover of the Lawrence school system is having a positive impact, according to three people […]
Posted inEducation, The Download
Different views on school committee in Lawrence, Boston
The schools in Lawrence were so bad that the state took them over. But the candidates for mayor don’t seem inclined to change one key aspect of the school system’s […]
Posted inEconomy
House, Senate leaders plan to repeal tech tax
The leaders of the House and Senate said on Thursday they plan to repeal the software design tax they approved just months ago and fill the resulting $161 million revenue […]
Posted inPolitics, The Download
Baker’s one-two punch
Charlie Baker took some heat from Democrats for announcing his run for governor in a video, but the strategy appears to have worked perfectly. The good-guy image Baker cultivated in […]
Posted inEnvironment, The Back Story
Solar subsidies raising concerns
The state’s two leading utilities are raising concerns about the high cost of the Patrick administration’s new plan for subsidizing solar power. In comments filed with the state Department of […]
Posted inPolitics, The Download
Markey out front on Syria
US Sen. Ed Markey, who is facing reelection next year, says he would support President Obama if he orders a limited, surgical military strike against Syria, a position that puts […]
Posted inUncategorized
“That’s not gridlock. That’s obstructionism.”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday said Republican obstructionism, not political gridlock, is to blame for the lack of action on high-priority issues in Washington.Speaking at a meeting with Gateway City […]
Posted inPolitics, The Download
Scott Brown as president?
Ed Markey must be breathing a little easier today. Ever since he won his US Senate seat in June, Markey has been worried about Scott Brown coming after him. Brown’s […]
Posted inThe Download, Transportation
The T’s youthful retirees
After all the hype and hyperbole, the pension data released by the MBTA Retirement Board on Thursday was pretty much what you’d expect: Lots of employees retired early with healthy […]
Posted inEnvironment, The Back Story
Green energy costs raising concerns
A clarifying statement issued by National Grid in response to this story is attached at the end. The rising cost of green energy mandates in Massachusetts is starting to raise […]
Posted inThe Download, Uncategorized
What’s up at the Globe
The upcoming sale of the Boston Globe by the New York Times is getting really confusing. First, the Globe reported that there were six bidders. Then the field was narrowed […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Education, The Download
MIT’s neutrality in the Swartz case
The long-awaited report on MIT’s role in the Aaron Swartz case seems to ring true: the university technically did nothing wrong but its lack of leadership may have been a […]
Posted inEnvironment
Patrick issues emergency solar regs
Seeking to avoid the boom and bust cycles that have plagued solar markets in other states, the Patrick administration is issuing emergency regulations that will temporarily allow solar developers continued […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Environment, The Download
A green mafia
Today we offer a cautionary tale from Italy, where the mafia has apparently been investing in wind farms and other forms of renewable energy to launder money. In a series […]
Posted inPolitics, The Back Story
Globe scuttlebutt
Correction: The story’s original reference to layoffs at the Tampa Tribune was incorrect and the correct information is now included below. The sale of the Boston Globe is entering its […]
Posted inPolitics
July 18th Boston mayoral forum transcript
This is a transcript of a July 18 Boston mayoral forum with Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley, John Barros, and City Councilors Rob Consalvo and Mike Ross. The forum […]
Posted inEnvironment
Plugging into Canada
RHODE ISLAND GOV. LINCOLN CHAFEE steps up to the podium at a conference of power grid geeks in Boston and says what everyone is thinking. The region is becoming overly […]
Posted inEconomy
The Massachusetts H-1B connection
MORE THAN 1,200 Massachusetts companies hired 5,481 skilled foreign workers last year through a controversial visa program that is simultaneously being praised for helping to plug holes in the state’s […]