August 27, 2020

Navajo Nation eyes spending remaining CARES Act dollars

Author: Noel Lyn Smith

FARMINGTON — Navajo Nation officials continue to work on allocating the $716 million received from the federal coronavirus relief bill.
The tribe received its first payment from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act in May. Since then officials have approved using $538 million to help mitigate the economic and social impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
Delegate Kee Allen Begay Jr. is sponsoring Legislation No. 0209-20 and introduced it last week. It has yet to undergo review and