Smoking Regulation Act veto override fails

By Kathy Helms
Diné Bureau

WINDOW ROCK — By a vote of 14-6, the Navajo Nation Council failed Friday to garner the two-thirds vote necessary to override President Ben Shelly’s veto of the Navajo Nation Smoking Regulation Act of 2011. This means there is no smoking ban at Navajo Nation casinos — for now.

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