Colin A. Young

Guest Contributor

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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

T notes: DeLeo open to tax hikes

$10 weekend commuter rail fare is now permanent

Healey says her office may have role in Wynn review

AG says there should be no licensing rush driven by casino construction timeline

Mass. hydro project showers benefits on Maine

Gov. Mills says Massachusetts ratepayers will pick up the $235m tab

Baker names legal aide to head Gaming Commission

Judd-Stein to replace Stephen Crosby on Feb. 4

Baker, Warren cruise to second terms

Trump was undercurrent in both races

Spoon Movement comes to Beacon Hill

Heroin sculpture draws attention to pharma 'lies, deception'

State take from MGM $6.7m in September

MA collection from Plainridge was slightly more at $7m

DPU presses Natl. Grid on alleged violations

Utility says it is confident in overall approach to safety

Gaming commission chair resigns, denies charges of bias

Crosby says remaining would 'hamper' work of gambling panel

Do your job, lawmakers tell pot agency

Rep expresses concern about commission's sense of urgency

State commits $2.6m for how-to-recycle initiative

Focus is on educating consumers, avoiding contaminants

Baker: Dangerousness hearings a priority

Governor: Problem is not with judges but the law

Baker signs most of economic development bill

Vetoed sections on patent trolling and last-mile broadband

Don’t drive stoned, state ad urges

Officials say driving drunk and driving on pot the same

Energy legislation makes it out of conference

Sierra Club official complains bill represents only 'baby steps'

Baker signs ‘grand bargain’ bill

Measure includes new payroll tax for family, medical leave

DeLeo: House to respond to court’s union ruling

Decision bars assessments on nonunion members

Zakim upsets Galvin; Gonzalez cruises

Mass. Democrats back Palfrey for lieutenant governor

Business groups seek to pare back ER visits

Through diversions, organizations aim for $100m in savings

Making book on Beacon Hill

Supreme Court ruling on sports betting ban opens door for state to cash in

Major justice reform bill clears Legislature

Signals shift in focus from punishment toward rehabilitation and substance use treatment

Net neutrality hearing gets hot

Senators clash with internet service providers

House passes new tax on short-term rentals

Airbnb called the measure 'onerous and overly burdensome"

Prodded by DiZoglio, House debates handling of complaints

Scaccia taunts DeLeo and chamber's 'sound of silence'

Chandler backs more funding for RTAs

But Baker says state has been 'pretty supportive'

Sports betting could be next gambling frontier

Gaming Commission lays out the pros and cons for lawmakers

Pot board mandates medical set-aside

Says growers have to keep 30 percent for patients before selling retail

Kadish put in charge of transportation commission

Will look at disruptive changes; new revenue on table

Transportation commission slow to form

Baker aides say nothing to report 3 months after call for board

Alcohol task force calls for higher taxes, more oversight

Report does not recommend changes in existing licensing process