If deleting marijuana convictions is made easier along with legalization, the courts estimate that more than 180,000 people could be newly eligible to apply.
The state is counting on a robust but not unprecedented $3 billion in income taxes this month, exceeding what the tax generated in a whole year before 1991.
Now that Democrats are advancing their own budget plan, without the tax increases he wants, Gov. Phil Murphy is stepping up efforts to sell his blueprint.