Article snippet: Editorial This should be the year a pair of campus-safety bills finally reach the governor’s desk and become law. Michael A. Cohen Will they support a candidate who minces no words and pushes a sweeping platform of political change? State officials have recently hired four of the state GOP’s operatives, including two directly within the governor’s office. Capital Source The line was drawn Wednesday when Councilor Althea Garrison proposed an ordinance that would allow Boston to cap yearly rent increases in residential homes. The goal: Generate much-needed cash to plow into education and transportation with a surcharge of 4 percentage points on the state’s income tax for earnings above $1 million. The hourlong meeting between Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins and Thomas A. Turco III — Governor Charlie Baker’s public safety secretary — was part of an effort to quell the heated dispute between the state and county officials. Top Democrats on Saturday rushed to defend Rep. Ilhan Omar after President Donald Trump retweeted a video that was edited to suggest she was being dismissive of the significance of the 9/11 attack. Richard Neal, a Democrat from Massachusetts who is the chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, told the IRS that the law clearly gives Congress a right to President Trump’s tax returns. We were once tarred and feathered for usurping WASP dreams. Now we point fingers at the immigrants from south of th... Link to the full article to read more