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Navajo Nation Council approves 2015 budget in three hours

I have been a journalist on the Navajo Nation for about 28 years and this is the first time that the Navajo Nation Council approved an annual operating budget for the Navajo Nation government in three hours and on the first day of their Budget Session on Sept. 2, 2014. The Council vote was 14 […]

Navajo Nation Council finally get quorum for 2015 budget session

Here at the Navajo Nation Council where the Council was scheduled to begin their annual 2015 Budget session at 10 a.m. It is now 1:12 p.m. and there may be a quorum. Yes there is a quorum. But while I was waiting for a quorum, I was able to obtain an electronic copy of the […]

Proposed funds for Capital Improvement Projects can be leveraged for USDA loans

HERE AT NAABIK’IYATI COMMITTEE WHERE COMMITTEE HAS STARTED DEBATING ON LEGISLATION 0232-14, 2015 COMPREHENSIVE NAVAJO NATION GOVERNMENT OPERATING BUDGET. NOTE – I TRIED GETTING A COPY OF THE ENTIRE PROPOSED 2015 BUDGET BUT NO SUCCESS SO I’M PUTTING FORTH MY BEST EFFORT IN KEEPING UP WITH THE VERBAL REPORT BY BUDGET & FINANCE COMMITTEE VICE […]

Naabik’iyati Committee accepts budget report from local governments

HERE AT NAVAJO COUNCIL NAABIK’IYATI COMMITTEE MEETING IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS IN WINDOW ROCK, ARIZ., WHERE NAABI DEBATING REPORT FROM THE NAVAJO RESERVATION’S FIVE AGENCY COUNCILS ABOUT THE UNMET BUDGET NEEDS OF THE 110 CHAPTERS, OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. NAABIK’IYATI COMMITTEE MEMBER DELEGATE LEONARD PETE I don’t think we will meet sky rocketing needs. We need […]