Flags across the state of New Jersey will be flown at half-staff from Thursday, Jan. 22, through sunset on Saturday, Jan. 24. Former Gov. Richard "Dick" Codey was longest-serving member of the New ...

FILE - Former New Jersey state Sen. Richard J. Codey. (Emma Lee/WHYY) Leaders across New Jersey are paying homage to Richard J. Codey, the state’s longest-serving lawmaker and former governor. His ...

Jerry Walker grew up around intense basketball coaches, having played for Bob Hurley at St. Anthony High School and P.J. Carlesimo at Seton Hall University, but he never saw a coach working over the ...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Richard “Dick” Codey, a former acting governor of New Jersey and the longest serving legislator in the state’s history, died Sunday. He was 79. Codey’s wife, Mary Jo Codey, ...

Former Gov. Dick Codey, the longest-serving state lawmaker in New Jersey history and a former Senate president, died Sunday after what his family described as a brief illness. He was 79. There’s not ...

On a quiet Sunday afternoon in early 2005, the “guv,’’ as then-acting Gov. Dick Codey dubbed himself, was calling my cell phone. I was annoyed. As the Record’s Trenton bureau chief, I had to field a ...

Richard Codey, the former governor of New Jersey and the state's longest-serving lawmaker, died early Sunday morning, his family announced. Codey died peacefully at his home after a brief illness. He ...

NEW JERSEY -- Richard "Dick" Codey, a former acting governor of New Jersey and the longest serving legislator in the state's history, died Sunday. He was 79. Codey's wife, Mary Jo Codey, confirmed her ...

His family said he died on Sunday morning following a brief illness. As CBS News New York's Lisa Rozner reports, Codey briefly served as governor and made history as the state's longest-serving ...

CBS News New York's Lisa Rozner spoke with colleagues who credit the former governor for legislation that changed smoking laws, mental health treatment, and paved the way for the construction of ...