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

Is Milton the canary in the recycling line?

Suburb hit with huge increase in trash, recycling costs

What’s behind the split within the Mass. GOP

A testy conversation with members of the 2 factions

The state’s largest employer is changing its name

Partners HealthCare to become Mass General Brigham

Cumberland Farms ballot question called a Frankenstein

Package stores: Measure combines too many unrelated elements

Consortium plans to build cell manufacturing facility

Group includes Harvard, MIT, top hospitals, several firms

2019

Pros and cons on the Spotlight report on congestion

Good at explaining causes; less thorough on solutions

RI official applauds wind farm layout announcement

Says Vineyard Wind agreeing to plan it rejected nearly 2 years ago

Spotlight Team takes on congestion

Do transpo policies reflect driving habits of politicians?

5 offshore wind firms agree to standard configuration

Vineyard Wind suggests its earlier approach needs revision

T notes: Commuter rail on-time performance takes dive

Pension fund urged to invest all its money with PRIM

State officials defend temporary roadway in Charles River

Soldiers Field Road bypass would require adding some fill

T launches PR offensive on repair work

Poftak stars in video; ads run in 3 newspapers

Anderson: No revenue shortage for transportation

‘We’re trying to prevent Mass. from becoming Ct.’

More ominous signs at Mass. gambling facilities

Encore revenues slide; Plainridge numbers near all-time low

DeLeo calls off transpo tax debate – for now

Speaker says House will try again next year 'to get this right'

Chamber backs free bus service in Worcester

Business group calls for 3-year, no-fare experiment

Money talks (most of the time) in mayor elections

A whopping $519,256 spent in race for Revere mayor

Monica Bharel, realistic optimist

Despite challenges, state public health commissioner upbeat

Film tax credit sunset looms

Rodrigues: ‘I still have concerns about the cost’

Senate trying public-shaming approach on drug pricing

Bump weighs in on sentencing guideline dispute

Court officials refused to cooperate with her office’s investigation

Who’s in charge of Mass. offshore wind procurements?

Recent decision shows utilities are calling the shots

Wynn CEO: Encore spending levels will decline

Daily operating cost of hotel/casino estimated at $1.45m

Biz group outlines roadway pricing proposal

Says $50 billion is needed for transportation over next 20 years

Super PAC with ties to Baker backs 11 winners

O’Connell cruises in Taunton; 4 candidates lost

T notes: GLX will be big money loser

Commuter rail revenues keep rising

Is Museum of Science treating its workers poorly?

Globe story suggests institution is preaching sell, sell, sell

T board approves commuter rail vision

Calls for subway-like service on ‘most dense corridors’

Biz officials: New transportation funds needed

Baker’s stance unclear; ‘It’ll be a tough veto’

T control board leans toward new revenue

Only 1 of 5 members says no new taxes needed