Gov. Phil Murphy and legislative leaders put off a meeting scheduled last Thursday that was supposed to address legalizing marijuana and the $15 minimum wage plan, sources told Patch. The meeting was supposed to come just days before Murphy's State-of-the-State address.
Murphy's office said it had a scheduling conflict, and it was "mutually agreed upon" to reschedule. Officials did say that delaying the meeting "does not delay anything of substance – staff conversations are happening on an ongoing basis."
A meeting could be held later this month, but legislative leaders did not hold out hope for progress on marijuana legalization, despite the fact that Assembly and Senate committees advanced the bill last month.