THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION ordered the MBTA on Wednesday to immediately address a series of “serious safety issues” that couldn’t wait until a final report on safety problems at the […]
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
Auditor candidates both claiming to be outsiders
THE TWO DEMOCRATIC candidates for state auditor are both claiming to be the outsider in the race and insisting they have the edge heading toward the September primary. Chris Dempsey, […]
Posted inTransportation
MBTA officials say train derailments trending downward
MBTA OFFICIALS said on Monday that the number of derailments has been trending downward over the last few years, falling by more than 50 percent since 2019. According to figures […]
Posted inHealth Care
Speaker Mariano says health care regulation needs updates
IT”S BEEN A DECADE since the Legislature revamped the way the state regulates health care, passing legislation establishing the Health Policy Commission and instituting a cost control benchmark. House Speaker […]
Posted inPolitics
Poll indicates 25% of Mass. residents are moving or thinking about it
NEARLY A QUARTER of Massachusetts voters surveyed in a recent poll said they are considering or have made plans to leave the state to reside elsewhere. The poll, commissioned by […]
Posted inTransportation
MBTA nearing its day of reckoning
A LITTLE OVER a year ago, US Rep. Stephen Lynch and the state’s congressional delegation hammered away at the MBTA for implementing a series of cuts designed to save money […]
Posted inTransportation
Transit Ambassadors complain about working conditions
SOME OF THE MBTA’S Transit Ambassadors, the people in the red shirts who assist passengers at train stations, are not that thrilled with their working conditions and rumbling about forming […]
Posted inEnergy, Environment
Utilities facing pushback on clean energy contract compensation
THE THREE MASSACHUSETTS utilities, accustomed to getting their way on Beacon Hill, are facing pushback on a provision in state law that allows them to collect from electricity ratepayers up […]
Posted inPolitics
Mass. Dems lean toward women candidates
MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATS, looking for a sweep of the state’s six constitutional offices, leaned heavily toward women on Saturday at the party’s state convention in Worcester. Attorney General Maura Healey handily […]
Posted inState Government
RMV vendor says 53,000 driver’s licenses, IDs need to be replaced
A VENDOR of the Registry of Motor Vehicles said it printed 53,680 driver’s licenses and identification cards incorrectly over the last couple months and starting Monday will begin mailing replacement […]
Posted inTransportation
T looking closely at operator error on Green Line crash
MBTA GENERAL MANAGER Steve Poftak said there is no evidence that vehicle, signal, or track issues played any role in the collision Wednesday night of two Green Line trains at […]
Posted inGovernment
Brain drain goes on in municipal government
ED AUGUSTUS left his job as city manager in Worcester on Tuesday and on Wednesday started a new job as the first-ever chancellor of Dean College in Franklin. Augustus’s decision […]
Posted inTransportation
Seeking clues on rebid of Quincy bus garage contract
THE MBTA says its decision to reject the bids for construction of a new Quincy bus and maintenance garage because they came in much higher than expected is only the […]
Posted inEnergy, Environment
FERC grants delay on N.E. energy market reform
IN A DECISION posted at 10 p.m. Friday night, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gave the operator of the New England power grid two more years to come up with […]
Posted inTransportation
MBTA board balks at $102m Transit Ambassador contract
AFTER SEVEN MONTHS of rubber-stamping nearly everything put before it, the MBTA board of directors this week balked, at least for a month, at approving a $102 million, five-year contract […]
Posted inTransportation
T board lays out priorities — safety, infrastructure, budget shortfalls
THE CHAIR of the MBTA board, backed by her fellow directors, set three broad priorities for the agency on Thursday – safety was No. 1, followed by an infrastructure spending […]
Posted inEnergy
Pricing announced for latest offshore wind farms
BAKER ADMINISTRATION officials say the two latest offshore wind procurements are in compliance with the state’s price cap even though their electricity will probably end up costing more. Under the […]
Posted inTransportation
MBTA rejects bids for Quincy bus garage
THE MBTA rejected the bids for construction of a new Quincy garage and maintenance facility for electric buses after the initial two submissions came in at amounts that far exceeded […]
Posted inState Government, State House News Service
Momentum building for some form of tax relief
FOR MONTHS NOW, pressure has been building on Beacon Hill lawmakers to provide some form of tax relief to residents. Republicans pushed repeatedly for a gas tax holiday as prices […]
Posted inTransportation
Bolt blamed for disabling of new Orange Line train
THE MBTA said a four-day investigation revealed that an improperly installed bolt in a braking unit disabled one of the new Orange Line trains last week, prompting the transit authority […]
Posted inState Government
What derailed unemployment insurance commission?
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS are going to be pumped into the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund, but there is no guarantee the money will solve the fund’s problems. A special legislative […]
Posted inPolitics
Diehl wins, Doughty advances at GOP convention
BOTH OF THE Republican candidates for governor achieved their goals at the Republican state convention Saturday in Springfield – and they did it without ever mentioning the popular GOP incumbent they […]
Posted inTransportation
All new Orange Line trains taken out of service
ONE OF THE MBTA’S new Orange Line trains became disabled when it experienced a problem with one of its braking units on Thursday, prompting the transit authority to remove all […]
Posted inPolitics
Andover division on display at special town meeting
MIKE MEYERS, a 69-year-old resident of Andover, found a way to use town meeting to voice his displeasure with the way his community is being run. Meyers gathered enough signatures […]