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

Despite emissions concerns, Hydro-Quebec contracts OK’d

DPU rejects criticism from Healey, enviros, power generators

Surgeons over-prescribed opioids, report says

Medicare database shows prescriptions for various procedures

T notes: Aiello tells T bus staff to think much bigger

Votes allow T Retirement Fund to invest with state fund

Panel named to review MBTA safety practices

LaHood, former Obama transportation secretary, one of three

T’s commuter rail on a roll

On-time performance over 90 percent last 6 months

You’ve got to check it out

For $2.6b, a bit of high-end Vegas in Everett

Wynn talks up entertainment district in Everett

Maddox, sounding bullish, looks to expand, says casino not for sale

You could even swim in the Mystic at Encore

Barren wasteland transformed into Shangrila

Sept. 5, 2018

Moderate Marty suddenly dials it up

Jumping on the wutrain, Walsh hops into fray over T

T notes: State preps for 100,000 visitors to casino on Sunday

MassDOT gathering data on shutdown of I-93 HOV lane

Derailment probe now focused on train itself

Rail safety review planned; calls to delay fare increases rejected

Campbell: Blue Hill Ave. conversation needed

Talks up dedicated bus lane and bus rapid transit

Mass. ride-hailing trips rise 25% in 2018

Boston, Cambridge are hot spots, but reach growing

Baker’s approach to T epitomizes his leadership style

Analytical, diligent, cautious, and at times lacking inspiration

T shuttle buses couldn’t keep up

Too many passengers, gridlock hindered replacement service

Red Line train derails; gridlock ensues

‘What’s the plan?’ Buses take nearly 2 hours to go 5 stops

T notes: New fare inspectors will be civilians

Driver of derailed train suspended as operator error suspected

Special fare for low-income T riders gains momentum

Some control board members back more commuter rail discounts

Mass. faces high risk from hurricane flooding

Moody’s: Fifth of state’s wages in flood zones

Crowd-sourcing energy efficiency

Eversource offers customers incentive payments to tap into home, business devices

Energy forecast: Good today, future uncertain

What the shutdown of Pilgrim means for the region’s power grid

T lures Henderson from MassDevelopment

Takes over as chief real estate officer July 1

T notes: Ridership up in 1st quarter

New employee to solicit pilot service proposals

Boston: the 22-7 city in terms of transit

T eliminates pilot bus service from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m.

Mass. to double offshore wind procurements

State bullish on wind, but long-term contracts raise risks

DeLeo sidestepping Baker on bonds

Climate change bonds would be exempt from caps

Lowell settlement scraps city’s current electoral system

New approach expected to boost minority representation

GOP chair targets ‘radical left Dems’

Lyons email attempts to recruit Republican candidates

Wynn board pays $35.5m, brings saga to an end

Disputes conclusions about Maddox, pays his $500,000 fine

Dogged advocate for putting more bodies on trains

‘To me it was just common sense,’ says Duxbury’s Richard Prone