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

Can casinos expand gaming beyond their original footprint?

Wynn is making the case for an across-the-street expansion

CLT chief accuses Baker of cowardice on Amirault pardons

Speaks out as tax-cutting group shuts down after 43 years

At-grade I-90 Allston project called ‘preferred alternative’

After years of advocacy, stakeholders get what they want

4-17-20

Lessons learned from guaranteed income experiments

‘The nice thing is you don’t have to guess what they need’

Rivera gets long contract extension at MassDevelopment

Move comes as Baker is preparing to leave office

Biotech workers driving more, using the T less

Survey indicates 57% drive alone to work, up from 44% in 2019

Buried rail car turned up in GLX excavation

After decades of waiting, Medford branch of Green Line opens Monday

​​Mass. again comes in 2nd on energy efficiency efforts

Scorecard says state’s utility customers face big assessments

Baker, Polito call South Coast Rail a matter of fairness

Say Fall River, New Bedford must be treated equitably

Epidemiologist lays out her COVID-19 ‘campaign of honesty’

Tufts doctor Shira Doron worries about lack of trust in public health officials

Riders scarce at the T in first quarter

Preliminary October numbers show some improvement

North Station commuter rail gates show promise

mTicket activations up sharply on lines out of North Station

Maine hydro project clears another hurdle

Status of offshore wind project remains uncertain

Uber, Lyft riders subsidize taxi, livery firms

Latest round of MassDevelopment grants totals $7m

Dreyfus sounds alarm about health care costs

Says providers believe state benchmark no longer relevant

GLX manager Dalton gets 6-month contract extension

Deal would give Healey administration options

Eversource’s turn: Basic service rate up 62% over last winter

Best option is to shop around for a better deal on electricity

MBTA board ends 2-year hiatus on fare enforcement

New regulations contain no penalties for ignoring fines

march 9, 2020

MBTA says ridership won’t be back to normal in 5 years

Fare revenues likely to hit only 78% of pre-COVID levels

Are T fare evasion regs tough enough?

No mechanism in place to require fines be paid

MBTA fare enforcement in ‘legal vacuum’

New ‘non-punitive’ regs would allow fines to resume

Powering up highway charging stations

Typical plaza could use as much electricity as Gillette Stadium

Avangrid refuses to budge on need for pricing changes

Wind farm developer bucks DPU, pushes approach agency previously rejected

Baker aide urges Avangrid to stay the course

Card supports existing contracts but pledges to bring parties together

Kriesberg named CEO of MassINC

Comes from Mass. Assn. of Community Development Corporations

Split-personality state GOP didn’t fare well

Party finds two wings are not better than one

November 8, 2022

Election winners and losers 

What the results said about some of those on – and not on – the ballot 

In high-stakes, costly race, Rausch defeats Dooley

Democrats fending off GOP challenges in Senate

Clock ticking, Avangrid finds itself isolated

Little support for its bid to renegotiate wind power contract

Mayflower Wind to honor existing contract terms

Acknowledges financial challenges, but breaks ranks with Commonwealth Wind