Sharpe James, the charismatic, longest-serving mayor of Newark whose political accomplishments were marred by a corruption ...

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He presided over a rebirth of Newark’s downtown but was found guilty after leaving office of conspiring to sell city-owned ...

The longest-serving mayor of Newark, Sharpe James, has died at age 89. James served a record five terms, 20 years, as mayor before he was convicted of corruption and sentenced to 27 months in prison.

Sharpe James began as a reformer. A fiery community organizer from Newark’s South Ward who was evangelistic about what good government should be and how it could be used to resuscitate his city, he ...

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If Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is elected governor of New Jersey in this year’s election, he’d make a lot of history. He’d be the ...

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., delivered the commencement address to graduates of the University of Memphis Cecil C.

NJ Transit CEO Kris Kolluri, ECPIP director Ashley Koning and Sen. Cory Booker join the show after a busy week in New Jersey politics.

Ras Baraka was released from custody after being arrested at a protest against a controversial ICE facility run by private ...

Following a week-long rash of immigrations detainments across Nashville, local leaders gathered with New Jersey Senator Cory ...