FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) – Navajo lawmakers have begun their weeklong winter session in Window Rock.

Among the items they’ll consider is whether to make the attorney general’s position an elected one, give more power to the legislative counsel, secure a loan to build public safety facilities and combine the tribe’s general and local elections into one.

Lawmakers heard Monday from Navajo President Joe Shirley Jr., who outlined the tribe’s response to a series of winter storms that slammed Arizona last week. Shirley says residents should expect more challenges to the relief effort once the snow melts, creating a muddy mess.

Lawmakers also were updated on a probe into allegations of illegal and unethical behavior by tribal government employees, including Shirley and some lawmakers.