Politics

Finally, the president’s office will share proposed plans for spending American Rescue Plan Act funds with the Navajo Nation Council for consideration and approval this Friday at Twin Arrows Casino Resort.

Despite best efforts by delegates Eugenia Charles-Newton and Vince James to get another round of American Rescue Plan Act hardship/recovery payments out to the people, the situation does not look optimistic right now.

Preparing for a “once in a lifetime opportunity,” President Jonathan Nez on Monday signed an executive order that creates the Navajo Nation Fiscal Recovery Fund Office, which will oversee and implement the spending of $2 billion from the American Rescue Plan Act.

If the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission’s draft grid map comes to fruition, Navajo voters might no longer get their mutton stew and fry bread at the polls.

Upgrades for the new building in Washington, D.C., purchased by the tribe led to a debate among Navajo Nation Council delegates.