U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood announced today that the California High Speed Rail corridor has been extended to include Las Vegas.
The designation could help the two competing rail projects — the privately run DesertXpress and publicly funded California Super Speed Maglev train — apply for funding or loans.

Officials from DesertXpress meet with R-J editorial board
John L. Smith
It appears what I call the “silent sinner” strategy of U.S. Sen.
John Ensign is working in the short run – if you compare the press
he’s not receiving to the devastating articles now filling South
Carolina Luv Gov. Mark Sanford’s political scrapbook.
