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 a story by the paper’s architectural critic talking about the damage done to historic buildings during Floyd protests. The headline on the story, “Buildings Matter, Too,” […]
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
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. With the current Fiscal and Management Control Board set to sunset at the end of the month, the Senate proposal differs in several key respects […]
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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 Hispanics, who tend to live crowded together in poorer communities and work at jobs that require them to leave their homes and ride public transit. […]
Posted inHealth Care
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 sports, and restaurant outdoor dining to open. The governor’s Saturday press conference was anticlimactic because there was no will-he-or-won’t-he to the announcement. All of the […]
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 that job. Some MBTA employees earlier this week raised concerns about the T transporting law enforcement personnel to protests responding to the death of George […]
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 broke out Sunday night. Vehicles with National Guard soldiers have been stationed every block or two in the Downtown Crossing area on most evenings, and […]
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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 decision, which affects tens of thousands of campers who often make their reservations six months in advance, signals the state is taking a very cautious […]
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 selling no longer fits in with the state’s carbon emission goals. Massachusetts has set a goal of zero carbon emissions by 2050, and Healey argues […]
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 continuing to have problems complying with infection control procedures after two rounds of audits. The data indicate nearly 14,000 of the 33,151 residents of long-term […]
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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 press briefing on Wednesday, Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito declined to go into specifics about the legislative response, but the governor said […]