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

Healey signs executive order on climate

Reappoints Baker's safety secretary, goes with two interims

New England electricity markets very messy

Dustup in Ct. over this winter’s sky-high rates

Baker making last-minute appointments as he exits

Fills MassDOT, MBTA board vacancies, elevates Dooley

Power grid put under stress over Christmas holiday

Oil became dominant fuel, reserve supplies came up short

DPU approves wind farm contracts despite financing concerns

Avangrid says it can’t build project at approved power price

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Baker’s take on the state Republican Party

GOP needs a makeover, just as he did after 2010 defeat

Utilities urge DPU to force wind developer’s hand

Say Avangrid shouldn’t be allowed to withdraw its pricing contract

Healey goes with a team approach on transportation

Picks Fiandaca as secretary and Tibbits-Nutt as undersecretary

No clear answers on Sudders’s shift in tone

After 8 years, health and human services secretary calling it quits

Gonneville to serve as the T’s interim GM

Deputy GM will hold position until Healey names replacement

Baker administration fleshes out 2050 climate plan

Calls for major changes in electricity production, carbon sequestration

Santa comes early for offshore wind businesses

Baker administration gives out $180m in grants

With Commonwealth Wind out, focus turns to Mayflower

Rhode Island officials want wind farm to explain itself

Healey appoints cabinet rover on climate change

Hoffer’s responsibility will extend across many state agencies

Could Marylou Sudders be staying on?

A lot of work left on controlling costs, she says

coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Super PAC with ties to Baker accused of breaking law

Pays $17,500 to resolve the campaign finance allegations

Avangrid pulls out of major Mass. offshore wind procurement

Says power price too low, will submit new contract in next round

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

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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