Politics

As candidates begin to campaign for the job of Navajo Nation president, the salary they will get if they win has not changed in the past 30 years.

The executive and legislative branches of the Navajo Nation government spent last week in yet another debate over just how much authority does the president have when he line-item vetoes an appropriation made by the Council.

Tom Chee, who represents Shiprock on the Navajo Nation Council, has thrown his hat in the ring for Navajo Nation president, his son announced Sunday on Facebook.

A bill in Congress seeks to violate the Treaty of 1868. House Resolution 4864, the so-called “No Haven for Dangerous Fugitives Act,” was introduced by U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem, a Republican, from South Dakota.

State Sen. John Pinto, D-McKinley-San Juan, received statewide recognition last week.