SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham released the FY2025 executive budget recommendation on Jan. 4. The budget totals $10.5 billion in recurring spending, a 9.9% increase from the last fiscal year. The executive recommendation will maintain reserves at 34.2%. The budget directs meaningful investments in key areas...In Loving Memory
Governor releases FY2025 executive budget recommendation
SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham released the FY2025 executive budget recommendation on Jan. 4. The budget totals $10.5 billion in recurring spending, a 9.9% increase from the last fiscal year. The executive recommendation will maintain reserves at 34.2%. The budget directs meaningful investments in key areas...Naa’bik’íyáti’ Committee approves legislation to override presidential veto of virtual attendance resolution
The 25th Navajo Nation Council’s Naa’bik’íyáti’ Committee approved Legislation No. 0255-23 to override President Buu Nygren’s veto of a resolution allowing for virtual attendance at chapter meetings on Dec. 28. Legislation sponsor and Chairman of the Health, Education, and Human Services Committee, Council...
Nygren, Lundstrom talk key Navajo Nation, N.M. issues
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — To address upcoming issues that could impact Navajos living on the New Mexico side of the Navajo Nation, Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren held a meeting with New Mexico State Rep. Patty Lundstrom.The discussion, on Dec. 19, primarily revolved around the opposition to planned gun bills that were...
Leger Fernández advocates for art in appointment to IAIA board
WASHINGTON D.C. — Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández, the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs, was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) by House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Dec. 14.“Art provides a vital pathway to learn, discover...
State clarifies new Gross Receipts Tax regulations
SANTA FE — The Taxation and Revenue Department has finalized its proposed amendments to regulations governing Gross Receipts Tax on digital advertising services and defining when a taxpayer no longer has nexus for gross receipts tax purposes.
Digital advertising, as with other types of advertising, was already subject to...
Digital advertising, as with other types of advertising, was already subject to...
Governor receives national award, recognition for mental health advocacy
SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham was awarded the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology’s annual Public Service Award in recognition of her significant efforts to champion mental and public health in New Mexico.A press release published the news Dec. 19, but the governor officially won the award on Sept...
Nygren meets with Biden during the 2023 White House Tribal Nations Summit
WASHINGTON D.C. — Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren attended the 2023 White House Tribal Nations Summit along with 25th Navajo Nation Council Speaker, Crystalyne Curley Dec. 6.At the summit, U.S. President Joe Biden signed a groundbreaking executive order that focuses on reforming federal funding and support for tribal...
Speaker Curley advocates for the Navajo Nation at the Department of the Interior Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee meeting
WASHINGTON D.C. — Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley advocated on behalf of the Navajo Nation at the U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee meeting hosted by Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland in Washington, D.C., Dec. 5.In 2021, Haaland announced the formation of the...
Navajo Nation Council Delegate testifies on National Parks Air Tour Management Program impacts before house subcommittee
WASHINGTON D.C. — Delegate Carl Roessel Slater of the 25th Navajo Nation Council, representing the communities of Tsaile/Wheatfields, Lukachukai, Round Rock, Tséch’izhí, and Rock Point, delivered a poignant testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Dec...25th Navajo Nation Council celebrates historic signing of the Navajo Nation Procurement Act amendments
COYOTE CANYON, N.M. — Members of the 25th Navajo Nation Council joined Navajo Nation President Dr. Buu Nygren in a historic event as he signed into law amendments to the Navajo Nation Procurement Act Nov. 3.Legislation No. 0203-23 was unanimously approved by the Council Oct. 16. The resolution amends the Navajo Nation...
Luján, Blackburn introduce resolution to support global nuclear safety
WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., introduced a bipartisan resolution in support of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s role promoting nuclear security Oct. 26. This resolution reaffirms U.S. interest in preventing the spread of nuclear weapons, securing nuclear materials, and ensuring that the IAEA has the resources to successfully carry out its duties. It also upholds IAEA’s position as an indispensable organization for strengthening nuclear security and facilitating access to applications of nuclear technology.U.S. Representative Bill Foster, D-Ill., has introduced a companion resolution in the U.S. House of...
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