Cardinal Bernard Law, the long-serving archbishop of Boston who resigned under pressure during the height of the clergy-sex-abuse scandal, is "facing his final illness" at a hospital in Rome, according to a well-connected Vatican journalist.
Rocco Palma, who runs the web site Whispers in the Loggia, reported that church officials are in "active preparation for the death" of Law, 86.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will hear a challenge to a proposed income tax cut ballot question that could reduce state revenue by billions annually.
The Healey administration says a proposed Massachusetts income tax cut would eliminate the charitable deduction and raise taxes on some businesses due to existing state law.
Socialist U.S. Senate candidate Joe Tache is calling for a May Day general strike as he enters the Massachusetts race, joining a field that includes Sen. Ed Markey, Rep. Seth Moulton, and Republican John Deaton.
