A recap and analysis of the week in state government

"While the time and severity of the next economic downturn is unknowable, by historic markers, we are on borrowed time," Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation President Eileen McAnneny told the House and Senate Ways and Means committees at this year's consensus revenue hearing. McAnneny was not alone in predicting an economic slowdown on the horizon as state budget-writers cautioned to keep spending spending in keep squirreling away cash in the rainy day fund.