Today's Massachusetts Papers

--I would have to imagine that no politician, let alone the former Speaker of the House, wants to see his name and the phrase "grant of immunity" in the lead sentence of a news item.

--The current Speaker laid it down at the C of C yesterday, talking about the coming budget; condensed version: "brace yourselves."

--Worcester hardly needs the warning: 308 municipal positions eliminated.

--On the Marian Walsh story, I think Scot Lehigh nails it in the first two sentences of his column today.

--Outside the Boston area, Bay State papers are more interested in the cigarette tax today than the Walsh story.

--Just south of the city, the Patriot-Ledger is all about Weymouth's own Miss USA contestant, who is blogging her experience for them.