- As Congress works on its new, likely infrastructure-tinged jobs bill, it's avoiding the "S" word (The Hill)
- Speaking of stimulus, federal dollars aren't making much of an economic splash in California -- yet (C.C. Times)
- California's senators join Schwarzenegger for a White House letter on high-speed rail (SFGate Blog)
- Florida edges closer to filling its commuter rail funding gap (Herald)
- Questions over safety testing of new D.C. rail extension prompt a U.S. DOT investigation (WashPost)
- Oberstar: "Send Larry Summers back to Harvard" (MinnPost)
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