GOV. CHARLIE BAKER, who is apparently becoming a regular Blue Line commuter, said the MBTA is perfectly safe and urged his fellow riders to get back on board. “I’ve ridden […]
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 inHealth Care
Lawmakers ask what went wrong at nursing homes
A MARCH 18 report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicated just how deadly COVID-19 could be at a nursing home. The report indicated a woman at […]
Posted inHealth Care
Baker: Younger people causing runup in COVID-19 cases
Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday blamed the runup in COVID-19 cases over the last two months on lax behavior by people in their 20s and 30s, and insisted the state […]
Posted inHealth Care
Seltz dissects Mass. health care market
MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH care costs are expected to actually drop this year because of a decline in non-COVID care, but the executive director of the state’s Health Policy Commission says many […]
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Baker unveils $171m in eviction assistance
WITH THE STATE’S eviction moratorium set to expire at the end of the week, the Baker administration on Monday unveiled a $171 million initiative that includes new aid for landlords […]
Posted inPolitics
Mass. GOP opposes ranked-choice voting
THE MASSACHUSETTS Republican Party is opposing a ballot question establishing ranked-choice voting, saying the measure would create “a confusing and destructive system completely at odds with our democracy.” Ranked choice […]
Posted inTransportation
MassDOT spreadsheet on throat options raises questions
A 15-page state Department of Transportation spreadsheet comparing the four options for rebuilding the roads and rail lines in the narrow throat section of the I-90 Allston interchange appears to […]
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Number of high-risk communities doubles
THE NUMBER of Massachusetts communities considered high-risk for COVID-19 nearly doubled over the last week and the state as a whole moved much closer to the high-risk designation. The state’s […]
Posted inEconomy
Lobbying begins on what to do next on budget
AS BEACON HILL on Wednesday began trying to find consensus on the budget challenges facing the state, key interest groups began jockeying on how best to respond. The Fund Our Future campaign, which successfully pressured Beacon Hill […]
Posted inTransportation
Pollack accepts upgraded at-grade throat proposal
STATE TRANSPORTATION Secretary Stephanie Pollack embraced a new all at-grade proposal for the so-called throat section of the I-90 Allston interchange that locates a bike and pedestrian path and a […]
Posted inEconomy
Mass. tax collections continue to roll along
DESPITE ALL THE gloom and doom among budget officials on Beacon Hill, Massachusetts tax collections continue to roll along surprisingly well. The state Department of Revenue said on Monday that […]
Posted inPolitics
O’Connor tries to pull off high wire act
KEVIN O’CONNOR tried to pull off a highwire act during Monday’s night’s debate against Sen. Ed Markey, portraying himself as both a Gov. Charlie Baker and a President Trump Republican. […]
Posted inTransportation
MBTA embracing renewable energy
THE MBTA is preparing to embrace renewable energy in a big way and save money in the process. The T, the largest consumer of electricity in the state, plans to […]
Posted inTransportation
Expect delays in delivery of new Red, Orange line cars
MBTA OFFICIALS said on Monday that the delivery of 404 new Red and Orange line vehicles will be delayed by at least a year, and they plan to invoke a […]
Posted inTransportation
T eyeing service cuts, budget workarounds
WITH A $300 million to $600 million budget shortfall expected next year, MBTA officials on Monday began zeroing in on service cuts that would save as much as $255 million […]
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Grid operator calls for ‘net carbon pricing’
THE HEAD of the organization that runs the New England power grid on Friday called for “net carbon pricing” of electricity in the region as the best way to develop […]
Posted inPolitics
The bureaucrat vs. Mass. GOP star
WHEN REPUBLICAN Stephanie Fattman was elected the Worcester County register of probate in 2014, John Dolan III was one of the employees she inherited. Dolan had been working at the […]
Posted inState House News Service, Uncategorized
Number of high-risk communities rises sharply
THE NUMBER of communities considered high risk for COVID-19 increased sharply on Wednesday, with Boston, Lowell, Haverhill, North Andover, and Springfield joining the group for the first time; Nantucket cementing […]
Posted inHealth Care
COVID notes: New rapid tests to go to schools
MASSACHUSETTS EXPECTS to receive a limited number of new, rapid COVID-19 tests from the federal government, which state officials will use to support school reopenings, Gov. Charlie Baker said Tuesday. […]
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Baker all-in on COVID-19 community approach
THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION on Tuesday went all-in on its community-by-community approach to COVID-19, allowing lower-risk municipalities to move forward with reopening plans while putting cities and towns considered high risk […]
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COVID-19 crimes may be tough to prove
“UTTERLY BAFFLING” was how Mark Pearlstein, the attorney retained by Gov. Charlie Baker to investigate what went wrong at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, described the decision to combine 42 veterans […]
Posted inTransportation
T official criticizes CommonWealth story
THE VICE CHAIR of the MBTA’s oversight board tweeted on Thursday that she was “deeply disappointed” with the headline and narrative used in a CommonWealth story dealing with service cuts […]
Posted inHealth Care
Indoor visits allowed at nursing homes
STARTING FRIDAY, nursing homes can start allowing residents to meet with visitors indoors, to eat in communal dining halls, and to use indoor gyms or exercise spaces. Nursing homes have […]
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Nantucket has highest COVID-19 rate in state
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER eased some restrictions on dining out Wednesday as COVID-19 cases on a per capita basis statewide continued to rise and the number of communities at high or […]