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Bill would name statehouse welcome center after Codey

March 17, 2025 4:14 pmMarch 17, 2025 4:14 pm

A new bill would name the statehouse’s welcome center after former Gov. Dick Codey. Senate President Nick Scutari and state Sen. John McKeon (D-West Orange) sponsored the Senate legislation, which would call the complex’s welcome center the “Governor Richard J....

Codey starts 49th year in N.J. legislature today

January 11, 2022 12:03 amJanuary 11, 2022 12:05 am

When Richard James Codey takes the oath of office at noon today, he will begin his 49th year in the New Jersey Legislature – a continuation of the record he’s held for the last eight years as the longest serving...

GOP take control in Chatham Township after Democrat drops recount bid

November 24, 2021 8:49 pm

Republican Mark Lois will be sworn in as a Chatham Township Committeeman in January after Democrat Kathy Abbott dropped her recount bid, flipping control of the council and giving Republicans a 3-2 majority and the mayoralty. Lois defeated Abbott by...

Gill is making second bid for Senate President

November 10, 2021 11:16 amNovember 10, 2021 12:28 pm

The contest for Senate President between Nicholas Scutari (D-Linden) and Nia Gill (D-Montclair) represents Gill’s second bid to lead the upper house: she mounted a last-minute challenged Richard Codey (D-Roseland) for the post when the Senate reorganized in 2004. Gill...

August 14, 2021: Former White House Chief of Staff John Podesta, former Gov. Richard Codey and NJGOP Exec. Dir. Tom Szymanski

August 14, 2021 6:58 pmAugust 16, 2021 12:19 am

Former White House Chief of Staff John Podesta, former Gov. Richard Codey and New Jersey Republican State Committee Executive Director Tom Szymanski joined host David Wildstein on the New Jersey Globe Power Hour on Talk Radio 77 WABC on Saturday,...

Podesta, Codey and Szymanski join Wildstein on NJ Globe Power Hour on 77 WABC

August 14, 2021 12:01 amJuly 13, 2025 4:26 pm

Former White House Chief of Staff John Podesta, former Gov. Richard Codey and New Jersey Republican State Committee Executive Director Tom Szymanski will join host David Wildstein on the New Jersey Globe Power Hour on Talk Radio 77 WABC on...

Broad court vacancies remain despite swell of June confirmations

July 2, 2021 5:23 pmJuly 3, 2021 6:03 pm

New Jersey lawmakers were on pace this year to appoint and reappoint more judges to the Superior Court bench than any administration since 1998, according to data from New Jersey’s Judiciary, but an extended break planned by lawmakers through November...