pThe Navajo Nation’s high court has banned elected tribal officials from doling out public money until the tribe establishes rules on their financial aid program./ppThe court made the decision this week in a case that challenged the reduction of the Tribal Council from 88 members to 24./ppTribal lawmakers set aside $150,000 in public money to mount the challenge. The Supreme Court justices said the appropriation was unlawful and that tribal officials failed to adequately review it./ppSome lawmakers have been criticized for discretionary spending. All but 11 of the 88 lawmakers and the incoming tribal president were charged in a probe of the spending./ppOne of the cases has been dismissed, but a judge hasn’t ruled on whether it can be refiled.
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