Week In Review: Mass. Budget Gap, Cahill On Trial, MBTA Firing

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December 07, 2012

With our panel of analysts, we talk about the week's top news:

Gov. Deval Patrick announced an anticipated $540 million budget gap, attributing it to the "fiscal cliff."
The jury in the corruption trial of former Mass. Treasurer Tim Cahill continues its deliberations.
The MBTA fired the operator responsible for last week's Green Line trolley crash, which injured three dozen people.

Guests:

Dante Ramos, deputy editorial page editor of The Boston Globe
Scott McKay, political analyst for Rhode Island Public Radio. He blogs at On Politics.

This segment aired on December 7, 2012.