Treasury withholding $679M in virus relief funds for tribes

Flagstaff, Ariz. • The U.S. Treasury Department is withholding $679 million in coronavirus relief funding for tribes while a challenge over its initial round of payments to tribal governments plays out in court.The money is part of $8 billion that Congress set aside for tribes. The federal rescue package was approved in late March with a deadline for the funding to be distributed to tribes by April 26.The payments were delayed as the Treasury Department grappled with methodology. It decided