Politics

The Budget and Finance Committee was the first stop for President Jonathan Nez’s bill (No. 0116-20) establishing the Navajo Nation CARES fund. It was approved 4-1 with two amendments.

President Jonathan Nez line-item vetoed the “piecemeal” Navajo Nation Council’s CARE Fund resolution. It was introduced a day after the Navajo Nation had received the $600.5 million.

In a rare show of unity, elected officials are actually finding common ground when it comes to spending the $600.5 million in CARES Act funds the Nation has had for nearly a month.

These funds continue to sit in an account and it’s not known exactly when they will be expended

Incident Commander David Nez delivered a high-level presentation to the Naabi’kiyati Committee last Friday about the Navajo COVID-19 Health Command Operation Center