THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE and Senate reached an agreement on an economic development bill on Wednesday, which makes $3.79 billion in investments but strips out tax breaks that lawmakers had previously […]
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 inEnergy
Vineyard Wind starts laying undersea cable
VINEYARD WIND said on Tuesday that it has begun laying the undersea cable that will carry electricity from its yet-to-be built wind farm off of Martha’s Vineyard to landfall in […]
Posted inEnergy
Wind farm, utilities at odds on electricity contracts
COMMONWEALTH WIND on Tuesday told state regulators that the contracts for electricity it negotiated with the state’s utilities in May need to be renegotiated because of changed economic circumstances. But […]
Posted inTransportation
Poftak says he is stepping down at T on Jan. 3
STEVE POFTAK, the embattled general manager of the MBTA who shouldered much of the blame for recent safety incidents at the transit authority, announced on Tuesday that he will resign […]
Posted inEnergy, Environment
Wind farm developer seeks to reopen power contract
A correction has been added to this story. THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION is in a bind on offshore wind. The state desperately needs the power from proposed wind farms off the […]
Posted inPolitics
Outside money pours into state auditor’s race
OUTSIDE GROUPS are pouring money into the race for state auditor between Democratic Sen. Diana DiZoglio and Republican Anthony Amore, a possible signal that the race may be tightening with […]
Posted inTransportation
Key lawmaker calls for restructuring MBTA
TO JUMP-START a discussion about the future of the MBTA, the House chair of the Legislature’s Transportation Committee is calling for a fairly radical restructuring of the transit authority to […]
Posted inTransportation
T notes: Low-income fares back on agenda
MBTA OFFICIALS presented new, lower cost estimates for introducing low-income fares on Thursday, but it was unclear when or if the T board will move ahead with the proposal. At […]
Posted inTransportation
MBTA unveils redesigned bus redesign
THE MBTA on Thursday unveiled a redesign of its initial redesign of its bus network, incorporating feedback from 20,000 commenters and changing 85 of the 133 routes in the original […]
Posted inEnergy, Environment, Politics
What’s behind the pipeline debate in governor’s race?
Q: Why are the two candidates running for governor, Democrat Maura Healey and Republican Geoff Diehl, arguing about natural gas pipelines that never got built? A: It’s actually a very […]
Posted inPolitics
Baker-linked super PAC spends $100,000 on behalf of Amore
A SUPER PAC with ties to Gov. Charlie Baker on Wednesday reported spending $100,000 on digital advertising on behalf of Anthony Amore, the Republican running for auditor against Democratic Sen. […]
Posted inTransportation
T to lift Orange Line speed restrictions by January
THE MBTA intends to lift speed restrictions on the Orange Line by the end of December and start posting average subway travel times on its website at some point this […]
Posted inTransportation
LaHood: T’s Poftak on right track with safety until COVID hit
A correction has been made to this story. STEVE POFTAK, the MBTA’s beleaguered general manager, received some praise on Tuesday from former US transportation secretary Ray LaHood and Sen. Brendan […]
Posted inEducation
Page-led MTA leads fight for Question 1
THE MILLIONAIRE TAX promises funding to education and transportation, but it is teachers who are footing the costs for the political fight to get the constitutional amendment passed. The amendment […]
Posted inTransportation
Boston, businesses to pay for employee bus, subway rides
EMPLOYEES WORKING for the city of Boston, Google, Sanofi, and retailers at Assembly Row in Somerville will be able to ride the MBTA subways and buses for free under a […]
Posted inHealth Care
Devaux says Health Policy Commission needs more power
FOR SOME TIME, the Health Policy Commission has been urging lawmakers to increase the powers of the agency so it can better rein in rising hospital costs. Deborah Devaux, the […]
Posted inPolitics
Baker-linked super PAC bets big on Hodgson
A SUPER PAC with close ties to Gov. Charlie Baker reported spending $294,000 on behalf of 33 state candidates on Friday, with the biggest amounts going to support Bristol County […]
Posted inPolitics
Baker leaving office, but still campaigning
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER is nearing the end of his two terms in office, but he’s still out there campaigning. On Wednesday, he gathered across from the State House with his […]
Posted inTransportation
MBTA problems not affecting Baker popularity
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER’S popularity is not being affected by the ongoing problems at the MBTA, according to a new poll. The survey of 987 likely voters indicates 67 percent view […]
Posted inTransportation
Cracked welds delay new N. Washington St. Bridge a year
COMPLETION OF A NEW North Washington Bridge in Boston will take at least a year longer than expected because of mysterious cracks that developed in welds at steel connection points. […]
Posted inTransportation
MBTA: What went wrong and how to fix it
THE MBTA Advisory Board, the group representing cities and towns in the transit authority’s service area, held a series of fascinating panel discussions on Tuesday on the future of the […]
Posted inPolitics
Healey’s snub of Rausch hot issue in Senate race
MAURA HEALEY’S decision not to endorse Sen. Becca Rausch in her bid for reelection is fast becoming one of the more intriguing storylines of the election season. The attorney general, […]
Posted inState Government
House, Senate leaders report little progress on economic development legislation
THE LEADERS of the House and Senate met for the first time in three months with Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday to discuss a handful of issues left over from […]
Posted inTransportation
Poftak owes T riders timeline on speed restrictions, Baker says
GOV, CHARLIE BAKER said on Monday that MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak owes the public an answer on when speed restrictions on the Orange Line will be lifted. At a […]