THE WINS.2025—2026 EDITION
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+ President Trump’s agenda. Local impact.
Big wins.
For
Montana.
Historic investment. Energy and timber unleashed.
Help for working families and safer communities.
coming to Great Falls$233MRural healthcare funding
delivered to Montana21%Drop in property crime
in Billings in 2025
THE BIG PICTURE
What it means
for Montana.
Seven big stories.
The numbers behind them.
Why they matter close to home.
Keep more of
what you earn.
President Trump’s Working Families Tax Cuts protected jobs, preserved wages, and put more money back in Montanans’ pockets.
- Jobs protectedAbout 20,000
- Rural healthcare$233M
- Avg. tax refund$3,304
Historic investment.
Great Falls.
President Trump’s pro-growth economic agenda has attracted historic investment to the Treasure State.
Energy dominance.
Montana coal.
President Trump’s Energy Dominance policies have driven significant development in Montana, with three coal mine approvals in 2025.
- Spring Creek Mine39.9M tons
- Rosebud Mine33.75M tons
- Bull Mountains22.8M tons
Montana timber.
Great again.
BLM held timber sales in Montana as part of its 2025 public-lands program.
A secure border.
A safer Montana.
President Trump secured the border and made Montana safer.
Safer communities.
Real results.
Billings reported lower crime in 2025, with homicides, property crime, and violent crime all down.
Degenerate criminals.
Removed.
President Trump is removing degenerate criminal illegals from Montana — from Deer Lodge to Billings and Shelby.
WORKING FAMILIES TAX CUTS
Significant upside.
For Montana.
The Working Families Tax Cuts are affecting Montana workers, businesses, rural health care, and seniors.
Protecting paychecks.
The WFTC protected about 20,000 Montana jobs, preserved $4 billion in Montana economic output, and preserved $2 billion in wages for Montana workers.
White House releaseCare closer to home.
The WFTC delivered $233 million in rural healthcare funding to Montana.
CMS rural health awards200,000 seniors.
Bigger refunds.
The WFTC secured No Tax on Social Security for Montana’s 200,000 seniors.
The WFTC delivered Montanans an average tax refund of $3,304 in 2026.
White House: MT savingsBUILT FOR WHAT’S NEXT
Historic investment
in the Treasure State.
President Trump’s pro-growth economic agenda has attracted historic investment to the Treasure State.
M = million.
ENERGY DOMINANCE
Driving development.
Powering Montana.
President Trump’s Energy Dominance policies have driven significant development in Montana.
Spring Creek Mine expanded.
The Interior Department approved an expansion of the Spring Creek Mine in Big Horn County, extending the mine’s operating life by 16 years and enabling the production of about 39.9 million tons of coal.
Interior DepartmentRosebud Mine expanded.
The Interior Department approved the Rosebud Mine expansion in Rosebud and Treasure counties, enabling the recovery of about 33.75 million tons of coal and extending the mine’s operation through 2039.
The Rosebud expansion supports more than 300 high-paying jobs and supplies the Colstrip and Rosebud power plants, which together generate 1,500 megawatts of electricity.
Interior DepartmentBull Mountains plan approved.
Interior approved a Bull Mountains mining plan modification authorizing about 22.8 million tons of federal coal and 34.5 million tons of adjacent non-federal coal, and extending the mine by up to nine years.
Interior DepartmentPUBLIC-LANDS TIMBER
Making Montana Timber
Great Again.
BLM held timber sales in Montana as part of its 2025 public-lands program, which offered more than 259 million board feet across six western states.
Board feet offered.
BLM’s 2025 public-lands program offered more than 259 million board feet across six western states.
BLM NationalCosmo Cramer tract.
In November 2025, the Western Montana District sold the 3.5-million-board-foot Cosmo Cramer timber tract for $656,379.
BLM November 2025 salesWindy Rock salvage.
The Western Montana District sold the Windy Rock Log Deck Salvage timber tract (0.233 million board feet, one public acre) to Jim McGill Logging and Trucking Inc. of Bigfork, Mont., for $87,099.
BLM Dec. 2025–Jan. 2026 salesSECURING THE BORDER
Securing the border.
Making Montana safer.
President Trump secured the border and made Montana safer.
Millions have left.
Over 3 million illegal aliens have left the U.S. since President Trump returned to office.
Fox NewsNot a single release.
The Trump Administration has not released a single illegal alien into the U.S. for 16 consecutive months.
DHS announcementGang members arrested.
ICE has arrested more than 10,000 gang members during President Trump’s second term.
DHS announcementPUBLIC SAFETY · THE FULL BREAKDOWN
Crime is down.
Here are the numbers.
Billings reported lower crime in 2025.
Billings2025 vs. 2024Five deliberate homicides, down from 15
IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
Removing degenerate criminal illegals
from Montana.
Criminal illegal aliens convicted of serious crimes in Montana communities.
Kingsley Ariegwe
From Nigeria
Convicted of: Sex assault and sex assault — sodomy of girl with strongarm.
DHS recordEifree Arrieta Marrero
From Venezuela
Convicted of: Assault.
DHS recordRobert Zlahn
From Liberia
Convicted of: Aggravated assault of non-family with weapon, destroying evidence, and dangerous drugs.
DHS recordNestor Sandoval Sandoval
From Mexico
Convicted of: Lewd or lascivious acts with minor, illegal re-entry, selling marijuana, and selling amphetamine.
DHS recordRaul Pelico Puac
From Guatemala
Convicted of: Robbery.
DHS recordA CLOSER LOOK
Big numbers.
Clear sources.
Every figure on this page links back to where it came from.