Article snippet: Weld, who served as Massachusetts governor from 1991 to 1997, announced Monday that he would become the first — and possibly only — primary challenger to President Trump. They’re doing all right. More than all right, in fact. Continuing waves of younger retirees could add another potential strain to a $1.5 billion pension system where more pensioners are collecting benefits than there are workers paying in. The case was closed for President Donald Trump on March 24, the day Attorney General William Barr delivered to Congress his four-page summary of the special counsel’s 300-plus page report. 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. Senator Elizabeth Warren is proposing another new tax that targets the richest entities in the US economy, this time Amazon and the nation’s ot... Link to the full article to read more