THE FUTURE OF MBTA oversight entered an uncertain period on Monday, as the Fiscal and Management Control Board held the last meeting of its five-year life with no clarity from […]
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 inTransportation
Pollack outlines yet another ‘throat’ option
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY STEPHANIE POLLACK on Monday proposed a modified rebuild of the existing Massachusetts Turnpike and other transportation infrastructure in the narrow 204-foot space between Boston University and the Charles […]
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State ‘price-gouging’ out-of-state campers
THE COVID-19 CANCELLATION of all campground reservations at Massachusetts state parks and then the restart of the season July 1 isn’t sitting well with out-of-state visitors who had been planning […]
Posted inTransportation
Demolition dust one more Chelsea burden
TONY HERNANDEZ was sound asleep when his wife woke him up at around 1 a.m. on May 30 and told him to come outside. He got out of bed, went […]
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Report: COVID-19 hits blacks, Hispanics harder
A BAKER ADMINISTRATION advisory group released new data on Friday indicating the impact of COVID-19, including fatalities, is falling disproportionately on blacks and Hispanics. According to the data, blacks account […]
Posted inHealth Care
Despite positive trends, Baker stays course on tracing, testing
DESPITE VERY POSITIVE NEWS on the COVID-19 front, Gov. Charlie Baker said on Friday that he has no plans to stand down or curb his aggressive contact tracing effort or […]
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No rush in pursuing $1b in federal funds
WITH THE STATE’S BUDGET situation very uncertain, one would think lawmakers would jump at the chance to land $1 billion in federal emergency funds. But that hasn’t been the case. […]
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Boston organization stirs ire of solar advocates
A SHADOWY Boston-based organization is sending renewable energy advocates across the country into a tizzy by challenging the logic behind one of the key subsidies that has been used to spur […]
Posted inTransportation
T notes: Riders returning slowly to buses, subways
RIDERS ARE SLOWLY RETURNING to the MBTA’s buses and subways, and the transit authority is preparing to add more service starting next weekend to allow social distancing at the higher […]
Posted inTransportation
MBTA approves 4-year Keolis extension
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY Stephanie Pollack vowed in early 2017 that the MBTA’s $2.6 billion contract with Keolis Commuter Services would not be renewed when it expires in 2022, but on Monday […]
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Taxpayers Foundation: T facing existential crisis
BATTERED BY A CORONAVIRUS pandemic that has slashed fare revenue and soured Beacon Hill on providing additional funding for new initiatives, the MBTA is facing a financial crisis worse than […]
Posted inTransportation
T oversight comes down to arcane question
WITH THE MBTA’S oversight board scheduled to sunset in a matter of weeks, the House and Senate are at odds over the arcane question of who should have the authority […]
Posted inTransportation
East-West rail facing big hurdles
EAST-WEST RAIL is facing a Catch-22. State Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack said the proposed rail link running from Boston to Springfield and possibly as far as Pittsfield is so expensive […]
Posted inEnvironment
Feds release Vineyard Wind environmental assessment
FEDERAL REGULATORS on Tuesday released a detailed, 420-page environmental assessment of the proposed Vineyard Wind project that includes predictions about the future of wind energy along the East Coast and […]
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News business in George Floyd upheaval
THE NEWS BUSINESS is going through its own George Floyd reckoning, as traditional ways of operating are being challenged and overturned in swift fashion. A week ago, the Philadelphia Inquirer ran […]
Posted inTransportation
Senate bill proposes new oversight board for T
THE SENATE IS PREPARING is preparing to take up legislation that would create a new, seven-member board to oversee the MBTA and appoint the general manager of the transit authority. […]
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Racial impact of COVID may be less than thought
ONE OF THE BIG TAKEAWAYS from the coronavirus pandemic so far has been that the virus has exposed racial inequities in society, with the impact falling hardest on blacks and […]
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Baker greenlights phase two for Monday
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER said the state will move into the second phase of its four-phase approach to reopening on Monday, allowing retail stores, lodgings, child care facilities, day camps, amateur […]
Posted inTransportation
MBTA to stop busing police to protests
THE MBTA SAID on Friday that it will no longer use T buses to shuttle law enforcement personnel to protests, but it appears private bus operators will now take over […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Baker sees big benefit from Guard presence
MASSACHUSETTS NATIONAL GUARD soldiers, weapons strapped around their chests, have been a very visible presence in downtown Boston since they were called in by the governor after the violence that […]
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DCR cancels all state campground reservations
THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION canceled all existing reservations at state campgrounds on Thursday and said new reservations can be made starting later this month for stays beginning on July 1. The […]
Posted inEnvironment
Healey calls for orderly transition away from natural gas
ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA HEALEY petitioned the Department of Public Utilities on Thursday to investigate how the state’s natural gas utilities should transition to a future where the fuel they are […]
Posted inHealth Care
42% of nursing home residents test positive
NEW DATA RELEASED on Wednesday indicate 42 percent of the state’s nursing home residents have tested positive for COVID-19 and nearly 14 percent of the facilities where they reside are […]
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Baker juggles COVID, Floyd issues
THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION is now trying to juggle the reopening of the state’s economy while formulating a legislative response to the George Floyd protests over policing. At a State House […]