* N.C. Transportation Secretary Gene Conti pushes federal government for more high-speed rail north and south of the Triangle.
* Liberal commentator Chris Fitzsimon says the big story of the week was spending targets set by House budget writers behind the scenes.
* Greensboro News-Record columnist Doug Clark thinks the Racial Justice Act is just an attempt to do away with the death penalty.
* The Terri Schiavo Act had its name changed in committee to the Advanced Directives on Drivers License bill.



