WBGO News

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  SportsJam with Doug Doyle

  Bill Siegel's newest documentary debuts this coming week on PBS, "The Trials of Muhammad Ali." Siegel has more than 20 years of experience in documentary filmmaking and education. He co-directed the Academy Award-nominated documentary The Weather Underground. Siegel talks with host Doug Doyle about the Ali documentary. Doug also takes us to the National Historic Landmark designation ceremony at Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson.

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  Conversations with Allan Wolper

  Walter Mosley, who is former President Bill Clinton's favorite mystery writer and one of the country's most prolific novelists, has penned a play, called Lift, that is now being staged at the Crossroads Theater in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The production, starring MaameYaa Boafo and Biko Eisen-Martin, is a taut drama of two people trapped in a high rise building elevator that had been hit by a terrorist missile. Mosley's critically acclaimed 1992 debut novel, Devil in Blue Dress, became a movie starring Denzel Washington.

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  Newark Today with Andrew Meyer

  A look at next month's election in Newark for mayor and city council with our political roundtable: David Cruz from NJTV, PolitickerNJ.com's Mark Bonamo and Stevens Institute of Technology Political Scientist Jonathan Wharton. Also, what happens in DC and the effect it has on Newark with Senator Cory Booker.

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  Plastic Waste Tops List of Debris On NJ Beaches

  Tiny plastic pieces pose hazards for marine life.

• NJ Unemployment Rate Little Changed In March

  

  Almost no job growth in last three months.

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  Bills Would Help Families Deal With Autism

  Autism New Jersey hopes for passage of federal and state measures.

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  Opposition To Ocean Testing Plan

  Opponents say seismic tests would endanger fish and the shore economy.

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  State Attorney General Deploys Dozens Of State Troopers In Newark

  Dozens of state troopers are hitting the streets of Newark starting today.It’s all part of a state initiative to curb the violence.

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  Tenants In Newark Fight Back Against Rising Rents

  Some Newark residents are asking for some major changes to the city’s rent control ordinance, in an effort to fight back against increasing rents and decreasing building maintenance.

• On Tax Day Republican Leader Calls For Tax Cuts

  

  Assemblyman Bramnick says lower taxes would make NJ more competitive.

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  Voters Support Lower Penalties For Marijuana Possession

  Poll shows support has increased since the 1970's.

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  Congressman Payne Tours Newark's Small Businesses

  Congressman Donald Payne Jr. went door to door along Halsey Street in Newark today speaking with business owners one on one, in an effort to reach out to the city’s often struggling entrepreneurs.

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  New Jersey Attorney General Reports Surge In Distracted Driving Over last Decade

  The New Jersey attorney general’s office reports that over the last decade nearly one a half million crashes were the result of drivers not paying attention, and warns a cracking down is coming.

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  NJ Voters Not Changing Shore Vacation Plans

  Won't let lingering damage from Sandy disrupt their plans.