NEWARK, N.J.-- Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said Wednesday a program that has cut homelessness by half will be expanded. It's part of an effort that started with new housing and is now trying to solve ...

It is part of Mayor Ras Baraka’s “The Path Home” initiative, in collaboration with several partners including local nonprofits and health care institutions. The expansion includes a new ...

With temperatures forecast to drop below freezing this week, Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka issued another “Code Blue” alert on Monday, extending hours and expanding capacity at emergency homeless ...

The City of Newark is accepting applications for its inaugural Poet Laureate position, Mayor Ras J. Baraka announced. The Poet Laureate will serve a two-year term starting this year with the goal ...

New Jersey Education Association President Sean Spiller and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka (pictured) have recently formed independent expenditure groups backing their gubernatorial candidacies.

TRENTON, N.J.-- New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy held his penultimate State of the State address on Tuesday afternoon. He laid out his set of priorities before he leaves office next year, including ...

New Jersey’s 2025 gubernatorial election could be the least transparent in memory thanks to a new campaign finance law that lets super PACs keep their donors secret until shortly before the primary.

Two other Englewood councilmembers, Angela David, and Kevin Wilson, are backing Newark Mayor Ras Baraka; a third Englewood councilman, Charles Cobb, left office this month and was replaced by Tokayer.

The injustice of the station’s inaccessibility was clear. That began to change in 2017, when Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s administration brought together a coalition of academics, planners and community ...

The issues also caught the attention of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who hosted a town hall to discuss unity among Black and brown communities months after students spoke publicly about their experiences.