Clark, New Jersey Mayor Sal Bonaccorso appeared in a Union County courtroom Wednesday where the judge said plea talks were ongoing. Bonaccorso is charged with corruption for allegedly using taxpayer ...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Louis Manzo was preparing to do a radio interview from his family's shore home on the morning of July 23, 2009, when the FBI called. Hours later, he was being led in handcuffs ...

New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin (D) has picked a lot of fights. He’s fought with the president, with state politicians of both parties, and with policing units he oversees. He’s even flipped ...

NJ Senate President Nick Scutari is advancing a bill that would transfer the state comptroller's investigative powers to the ...

PATERSON, New Jersey (WABC) -- Paterson Mayor Joey Torres is expected to turn himself in for what the state attorney general calls a classic case of "old-school political corruption and abuse of power ...

Federal agents rained down in New Jersey today, arresting 44 people charged with public corruption and high-volume, international money-laundering. Among those arrested were city mayors, city ...

NEWARK, N.J. — Sharpe James, the charismatic longest-serving mayor of Newark whose political accomplishments were marred by a corruption conviction, has died. He was 89. James died Sunday evening, ...

NEW BRUNSWICK – The family who owns a Sayreville strip club and two associates have pleaded guilty to charges related to running a house of prostitution at the Route 35 establishment and will have to ...

NEWARK Hoboken's newly-elected mayor, Peter Cammarano, Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell and Ridgefield Mayor Anthony Suarez were arrested, as was Jersey City Deputy Mayor Leona Beldini. Assemblymen Daniel ...