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New Jersey’s top three elected state officials won’t meet Thursday after all to resume talks about finally increasing the minimum wage and legalizing marijuana in the state.

Gov. Phil Murphy and his fellow Democrats who lead the state Legislature — state Senate President Stephen Sweeney, D-Gloucester, and state Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, D-Middlesex — had tentatively planned to sit down for their first meeting of the new year.

But the session has been postponed, three legislative sources and an administration source confirmed to NJ Advance Media on Wednesday.

Two sources said the meeting would have been difficult because Murphy’s chief of staff, Pete Cammarano, is testifying Thursday before the special legislative committee investigating how Murphy’s team responded to Katie Brennan’s rape allegations.

A new date for the sit-down has not been scheduled, though the hope is to meet later this month, the sources added.

The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to publicly discuss the issue.

This means it’s unlikely the meeting will happen in the few days before Murphy delivers his first State of the State address at the Statehouse in Trenton on Tuesday — nearly one year after he succeeded Republican Chris Christie as governor.

Murphy and top lawmakers have sometimes had a frosty relationship but need to work together to enact legislation.

They enter the new year trying to make progress on two big Democratic priorities that have stalled for months: a bill to increase New Jersey’s minimum wage to $15 an hour and another to legalize recreational marijuana here.

Insiders say the three are much closer on an agreement on minimum wage.

But a legislative source said Sweeney and Coughlin sent Murphy a letter on Dec. 18 discussing a possible deal and they have not heard back from the governor’s office.

A spokesman for Murphy declined to comment.

It’s not clear how close the three are to an agreement on legalizing adult use marijuana. That’s expected to take longer.

Brent Johnson may be reached at bjohnson@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @johnsb01. Find NJ.com Politics on Facebook.