If area newspapers decided Virginia’s upcoming gubernatorial race, Republican candidate Jerry Kilgore would take the cake 2-1. Now, if one placed additional weight on a paper’s circulation, Democratic candidate Tim Kaine would have enough votes to rule unchallenged for the next 30 years. Either way, newspapers don’t decide elections, but they do offer up editorial endorsements. And endorsed they have! With Virginia voters heading to the polls on November 8 in an election that has…

Virginia is in the process of linking its automatic toll collection system to the EZ Pass system on the East Coast, making it easier for drivers to pass through toll gates without much delay. Like WMATA’s SmarTrip card, the EZ Pass electronic transponder system allows drivers to fly through toll barriers and have fares deducted automatically from their accounts. With Virginia joining Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts, one could…

From DCist contributor Rebecca Walters: The nation’s college football season kicks off in town this weekend with the 2004 Black Coaches Alliance Football Classic. The Redskin’s FedEx field hosts this year’s pre-season exhibition game with 2003 Co-National Champion USC Trojans squaring off against the relatively local Virginia Tech Hokies. The Saturday evening game will be the first time these two teams meet, and Virginia Tech’s first formal game as an ACC team. With Virginia Tech…