SEN. ED MARKEY and US Rep. Joe Kennedy III engaged in a lackluster, low-brow televised debate Tuesday night that showcased how little the two politicians have to say. That became apparent when the two candidates were asked a tough question by WCVB-TV’s Janet Wu about whether children across Massachusetts should return to classrooms this fall. […]
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 inEconomy
Baker applying for Trump unemployment funds
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER doesn’t like the way President Trump’s $400 enhanced unemployment insurance benefit is funded, but he’s getting in line for the money with nothing else coming along from Congress. Baker said the state has submitted a letter to the Trump administration indicating the administration intends to apply for funding for the $400 supplemental […]
Posted inTransportation
Theoharides softens stance on Charles River a bit
THE STATE SECRETARY of energy and environmental affairs on Tuesday appeared to soften her stance a bit on incursions into the Charles River in connection with a massive Allston project that involves the reconstruction of transportation infrastructure on a narrow strip of land between Boston University and the river. Katie Theoharides, appearing at a State […]
Posted inTransportation
Getting to yes on the throat
The push is on – again – for a unifying plan to reconstruct all of the transportation infrastructure packed into a narrow stretch of land between Boston University and the Charles River. That stretch of land, dubbed the throat because it is a choke point, is the most challenging part of an estimated $1 billion […]
Posted inPolitics
Neal, Morse debate highlights major differences
US REP. RICHARD NEAL and Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse engaged in a spirted debate Monday night that highlighted for voters big differences between the two Democratic candidates for Congress. Morse attacked the incumbent from the left, accusing him of neglecting to meet regularly with voters in the First Congressional District, accepting huge amounts of money […]
Posted inGambling
Casino revenues, amid constraints, do fairly well in July
THE STATE’S THREE CASINOS performed fairly well in July, bringing in 56 percent of the revenue they did in July 2019 despite operating far fewer games and slot machines for fewer days. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission said on Monday that Encore Boston Harbor in Everett, MGM Springfield, and Plainridge Park Casino in Plainville brought in […]
Posted inUncategorized
At least 130 COVID-19 false positives turn up at lab
STATE PUBLIC HEALTH officials rolled back the COVID-19 risk status of Fall River and Taunton on Friday after it was discovered a commercial lab had reported a large number of false positive test results. Fall River went from the red, or high-risk, level (8.4 cases per 100,000 people) to yellow, or moderate risk (7.4 cases […]
Posted inUncategorized
COVID-19 spreading fastest among those in 20s, 30s
COVID-19 now appears to be spreading the fastest among people in their 20s and 30s, according to the Baker administration’s new weekly dashboard on the disease. Over a two-week period from July 26 through August 8, people ages 20 to 39 accounted for 41 percent of all COVID-19 cases. During that time frame, the average […]
Posted inEnvironment
Challenge to Mass. hydro-electricity connection yanked from ballot
THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT of Maine on Thursday yanked a referendum question off the November ballot that could have derailed a Massachusetts proposal to import hydro-electricity from Quebec using a power line running from the Canadian border to Lewiston, Maine. The high court, overturning a lower court’s decision, held that the referendum question was unconstitutional […]
Posted inEducation
Data indicate spread of COVID-19 accelerating
THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 in Massachusetts appears to be accelerating, with the number of communities considered moderate or high-risk jumping by 40 percent and the state as a whole moving into the moderate risk category. Gov. Charlie Baker released a breakdown by municipality on Tuesday that indicated four of the state’s 351 cities and towns […]