James was a controversial character in New Jersey politics
Sharpe James
Newark's first black mayor laid the foundation for the city's renaissance.
Officials broke ground on what they predict will be a Newark neighborhood's signature project.
Phil Murphy said he wants to create New Jersey's first public bank, attract new jobs without corporate tax breaks and expand STEM curriculum for K-12 ...
A vision of prosperity from a man who would be governor. The only declared candidate calling for a state bank to keep our money home ...
Sen. Menendez has his day in court. Helping convicts get back home. Testimony the Transportation Trust Fund can survive. And expanding medical marijuana to include ...
Former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson, former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik and former Newark Mayor Sharpe James spoke at the second Prisoner Reentry Conference in Jersey ...
One and a half billion in pension funds. Awaiting payments. The Meadowlands loses. Newark gains. But the big winner is... The governor on affordable housing. ...
With the IZOD Center closing down at the end of January, the Prudential Center in Newark will get a boost since it will be hosting ...
The big names behind the scenes as Newark gets ready to elect a new mayor. The sickness that sent hundreds of high schools students home ...
Mayoral candidates Ras Baraka and Shavar Jeffries have each picked up endorsements from prominent Newarkers about two months before the election.
Oliver out, Prieto in. Kean survives and Bramnick looks to the future. It’s a big day at the Statehouse. Plus, the Democratic Chairman disappointed by ...
Acting Newark Mayor Luis Quintana believes police should patrol neighborhoods more than the downtown area, but Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontura isn't sure that's the ...
A new poll in the governor’s race. New questions about Obamacare. We have the Assembly speaker and Republican leader here for a debate. Plus, the ...
Former Newark Mayor Sharpe James says that Cory Booker will be a better U.S. senator than he was as mayor of New Jersey's largest city.
Trilogy: An Opera Company, based in Newark, is putting on a production of "Robeson: The Opera," which chronicles the life of Rutgers football hero, singer, ...
Michael Aron: The fissure in the New Jersey Democratic Party reminds me of the episode in 2000 that came to be known as "The Twelve ...
Amiri Baraka, Poet Laureate of Newark's public school system, discusses Newark politics and the current state of race relations in America.
Lingering doubts and danger in South Jersey. Plus, the governor decides on a running mate.. and we have it first. At the surprising numbers behind ...
Former Newark Mayor Sharpe James says he was made the poster boy by Chris Christie when the governor was U.S. Attorney.