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Truth in Focus — Daily Ten — October 6, 2026

By Steven Bullcoming Haworth · October 6, 2026
Truth in Focus · Daily Ten

Truth in Focus — Daily Ten — October 6, 2026

October 6, 2026
  1. LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORD — Truth in Focus has published a document-focused review of Northern Cheyenne records C-1 through C-4. They establish parts of the written framework around the 2026 Gene Small removal proceeding, but they do not resolve every factual or procedural dispute.
  2. GABLEGOTWALS / FBI — Records reviewed by Truth in Focus show the Tribe retained GableGotwals in 2025 as special prosecutors and that later public materials referred to FBI referrals. A referral is not the same thing as proof that the FBI opened a case, accepted prosecution, or found wrongdoing.
  3. TRUSTLAND CONSULTANTS — The October 5 Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council agenda listed a sole-source contract involving Trustland Consultants LLC. Truth in Focus is still seeking the proposed contract and current ownership information.
  4. MONTANA ELECTIONS — Lewis and Clark County District Judge Mike Menahan ruled Montana's absentee-ballot birth-year requirement unconstitutional. Montana Free Press reports the rule had led to nearly 6,000 rejected ballots since 2025; general-election absentee ballots are scheduled to be mailed October 9.
  5. MONTANA MEDICAID — DPHHS says October begins the period when some Medicaid Expansion members who are subject to the new community-engagement requirement may be denied coverage or disenrolled if compliance or an exclusion cannot be verified.
  6. EASTERN MONTANA SCHOOLS — OPI's Jobs for Teachers database listed new open-until-filled positions October 5 in Baker and Colstrip, with additional open listings in Rosebud and Pryor. Open positions do not automatically equal a formal critical-shortage designation, but they show continued recruiting pressure.
  7. YOUTHVOTE 2026 — The Montana Secretary of State says YouthVote is open to K-12 students through October 28, with results scheduled for October 30.
  8. U.S. SUPREME COURT — The new term includes major disputes involving climate litigation, immigration detention and deportation, semiautomatic-rifle restrictions, voting rules and religious-liberty questions.
  9. WHITE HOUSE ADVERTISING — President Donald Trump says his super PAC will pay for promotional television advertising that had previously used federal funds, after criticism of taxpayer-funded self-promotional ads.
  10. MONTANA AFFORDABILITY — Montana Free Press reports roughly four in five registered voters in its recent polling described cost of living and affordability as very important to their vote, with housing, health care, gasoline and groceries among the biggest concerns.