Bruce Mohl

Editor, CommonWealth

About Bruce Mohl

Bruce Mohl is the editor of CommonWealth magazine. Bruce came to CommonWealth from 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. At CommonWealth, Bruce helped launch the magazine’s website and has written about a wide range of issues with a special focus on politics, tax policy, energy, and gambling. Bruce is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He lives in Dorchester.

About Bruce Mohl

Bruce Mohl is the editor of CommonWealth magazine. Bruce came to CommonWealth from 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. At CommonWealth, Bruce helped launch the magazine’s website and has written about a wide range of issues with a special focus on politics, tax policy, energy, and gambling. Bruce is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He lives in Dorchester.

Stories by Bruce Mohl

Mass.-financed power line in Maine is a mess

Rejected by voters, project pursues court, regulatory options

Rhode Island makes it trifecta on TCI

McKee’s reasons for withdrawing are the same as Baker’s

MBTA gives Dalton extension through end of 2022

GLX manager has said he would like to remain at the T

A first step on offshore wind

Stories from Vineyard Wind’s ceremonial groundbreaking

Baker pulls the plug on transportation climate initiative

Abandons cap-and-invest plan after Lamont’s decision to back away in CT

Hospital execs say industry in fragile state

Urge caution on efforts to rein in spiraling costs

T notes: New phenomenon – GLX leftover money

New T board completes business in 64 minutes

Lamont puts TCI on hold in Connecticut

Mass. finds itself in go-it-alone position

coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic

Baker: $500m for unemployment insurance fund not debatable

Governor says undetermined amount of bond proceeds also needed

Feb 2020

Health care fuels first-half lobbying

Hospitals, health plans, Mass General Brigham spend most

Business leader ‘confused’ by unemployment insurance revelations

‘The business community is not looking for a discount,’ Rooney says

Taking Health Policy Commission to next level

Altman explains need for price caps, other reforms

Baker administration unsure of balance in unemployment insurance fund

Acosta cites uncertainty around federal debits, credits

coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Baker urged to clear up unemployment insurance fund confusion

‘Produce the data,’ says analyst at Mass. Budget and Policy Center

Unemployment insurance deficit may have vanished

Senator says $1b in aid unnecessary; Administration says situation evolving

Strange bedfellows on fed infrastructure bill

Pressley, Taylor Greene find themselves on same side

2 more House lawmakers provide proof of vaccination

Only 5 legislators now out of compliance with mandate

Stalled Maine hydro power line raises concerns

Can region build infrastructure needed to address climate change?

Super PAC looks ahead to 2022

Says candidates it supported this year won 18 of 24 races

Who were the winners and losers (besides the candidates)? 

The behind-the-scenes scorecard from Tuesday’s election

Maine voters tell Mass. to stick its transmission line

Backers of project say referendum was unconstitutional

Incumbent mayors fall in Framingham, Gloucester, Westfield

DeMaria hangs on in Everett; Nicholson wins in Lynn; DePena declares victory in Lawrence

The ‘question’ keeps coming to Baker

Will he seek a third term or is it time to step aside?

Baker calls Maine ballot fight ‘a big deal’

Question could derail hydro-electricity transmission line

Super PAC backed by Baker spends $258,936

Supports diverse group of 19 municipal candidates

GLX manager Dalton wants to stay on

MBTA’s highest-paid employee likes it here

Mass General Brigham invests $50m in community partners

Seeks to address mental health, chronic disease, food insecurity

2 key hurdles face Mass. power line to Quebec

Either one could undermine Bay State climate change plans

New MBTA board holds first meeting

Sets up subcommittees to tackle specific subjects

Spicer alleges GOP takeover effort in Framingham

Sisitsky denounces false ‘fear-mongering’ by mayor