It took weeks for Navajo Nation leadership to earmark $476.6 million of the CARES funding to go toward water, electricity, and broadband, for the most part, before they approved $62 million for special duty pay, personal protective equipment for frontline workers and disinfecting government facilities.
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Many Americans were shocked and dismayed when Congress recessed for a summer break in August without finalizing a second coronavirus relief/stimulus package due to a stalemate in negotiations between the Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives and the Republican-led U.S. Senate.
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Six Navajo voters residing in Apache County have filed suit against Arizona’s secretary of state, asking that the deadline for mail-in ballots be extended due to the difficulty of voting by mail on the reservation.
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Arizona state representatives Arlando Teller and Myron Tsosie, both Diné, were blindsided over the weekend by a barrage of calls from family members and friends asking if they were OK.
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In a revelation shared with the Budget and Finance Committee last week by the offices of the controller and management and budget, the committee learned that not a dime of the $714 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act monies allocated to Navajo from the U.S. Treasury Department had been spent.
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