Tanisha Garner is running for mayor of Newark in the 2026 municipal election.
Newark’s nonpartisan municipal election takes place May 12. A mayor seat and several city council positions are up for grabs.
“Environmental justice and economic justice are the same fight – it comes down to who pays and who profits.”
New Jersey’s largest city will become a hotbed for worker activism on Friday in solidarity with May Day.
Budget battles. Nuclear power. Property taxes. Immigration. Here’s what Mikie Sherrill has been up to since taking over as governor.
Ras Baraka will face a challenge from seven candidates in the 2026 nonpartisan municipal election.
Organizers are also calling for people to avoid shopping or going to work on Friday.
NJRC: The new program will focus on helping inmates to prepare for life after prison – before they leave the premises.
A teacher asked his students to find unbiased details about the city’s board of education candidates. What they found surprised them all.
Irvington residents went to the polls to vote in the 2026 school election.
Dozens of 16, 17 and 18-year-old voters at a high school in Newark turned in their ballots together – a “proud moment” for the city.
There is only one incumbent candidate running for the Newark Board of Education this year.
The battle to free a scholar imprisoned as a “political prisoner” continues – with support from several Congress members in New Jersey.
Mayor Ras Baraka spoke about public safety, education, water infrastructure, economic development and housing, among other issues.
Demands included an end to the Iran war and the abolition of ICE. Other slogans included “Tax The Rich” and “Health Care For All.”
Mayor Tony Vauss is facing a challenge from Paul Inman. Three at-large seats on the town council are also up for election.
More than three dozen candidates are running in Newark’s upcoming municipal election.
President Trump has fired back at protesters, denying that he is a “king” and saying that he “works his ass off to make our country great.”
State legislators from Essex County have been busy in the halls of Trenton. Catch up with some of the latest laws they've been proposing.
WATCH: “The president thinks intimidation will quiet us – but he doesn't know the Tenth District.”
Asia Norton is running for Newark City Council in the South Ward. Learn more about her campaign platform and qualifications here.
A fragmented rebellion meets entrenched power brokers. Newark’s 2026 election is now a block-by-block proxy war for the city.
The New Jersey senator wants to pay for the cuts by raising taxes on big corporations and the “ultra-wealthy.”
It didn’t fix everything – but it made a big impact on Newark, advocates say.
New Jersey is trying to beef up its solar power – and it may help to lower your electricity bill, Gov. Mikie Sherrill says.
New Jersey is one of many states that have been deluged with “disinformation” over the past few years, advocates say.
Veterans who have entered the criminal justice system face challenges such as employment barriers and housing.
Here’s who earned funding in Newark this year.
Essex County Executive Joe DiVincenzo Jr. spoke about affordability, health care, education and infrastructure.
“We’re not slave catchers,” the city’s mayor said.
"If you still believe that immigration enforcement only affects illegal immigrants, take a look at what happened today," an advocate said.
“Somebody could have been killed in Newark today,” the city's mayor said.
“That grief demands action,” a New Jersey lawmaker said.
“Nothing should arouse the ire of a libertarian more than having federal agents detaining people on the streets without probable cause.”
“This executive order puts more teeth in our laws to keep landlords in line,” Ras Baraka said.
Dale Caldwell, the state’s new lieutenant governor, and Rutgers-Newark chancellor Tonya Smith-Jackson each earned awards from Essex County.
“Serving the people of the South Ward has been an honor, and the work is far from done,” Patrick Council said.
One bill would stop “courtroom arrests” of immigrants at citizenship hearings. Another would ban ICE from blocking their license plates.
Their letter begins with a plea for understanding: “We’d like to apologize for the way we entered the United States.”
Carlos Gonzalez offered an endorsement for his at-large seat on the council – here’s who he named.