THE WINS.2025—2026 EDITION
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+ President Trump’s agenda. Local impact.
Big wins.
For Oregon.
Help for working families. A future for Oregon’s tech and timber.
Safer streets in Portland.
Oregon’s largest tech employer2.5MAcres of O&C lands
revised for timber production51%Drop in Portland homicides
in the first half of 2025
THE BIG PICTURE
What it means
for Oregon.
Five 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 Oregonians’ pockets.
- Jobs protected75,000
- Wages preserved$7B
- Avg. tax refund$3,191
Securing Oregon’s
top tech employer.
President Trump stepped in to secure the future of Intel, Oregon’s largest technology employer.
Bringing back
Oregon timber.
President Trump is bringing back Oregon’s timber industry — boosting timber sales from public lands and cutting red tape.
- O&C lands2.5M acres
- Oregon counties17
- Potential harvest10x+ current
The worst of the worst.
Removed.
President Trump is removing the Worst of the Worst criminal illegal aliens from Oregon communities — from Portland to Hillsboro.
Portland crime.
Falling fast.
Crime in Portland has fallen faster than in any major American city.
WORKING FAMILIES TAX CUTS
A huge boon.
For Oregon.
President Trump’s Working Families Tax Cuts (WFTC) were a huge boon to Oregon workers and businesses.
Protecting paychecks.
The WFTC protected 75,000 Oregon jobs, preserved $14 billion in Oregon economic activity, and preserved $7 billion in wages for Oregon workers.
White House: manufacturing renaissanceCare closer to home.
The WFTC delivered $197 million in rural healthcare funding to Oregon.
White House: rural health investments800,000 seniors.
Bigger refunds.
The WFTC secured No Tax on Social Security for Oregon’s 800,000 seniors.
The WFTC delivered Oregonians an average tax refund of $3,191 in 2026.
White House: OR savingsOREGON’S LARGEST TECHNOLOGY EMPLOYER
A historic agreement.
For Oregon’s chipmakers.
President Trump stepped in to secure the future of Oregon’s largest technology employer.
A historic agreement.
Intel and the Trump Administration reached a historic agreement under which the U.S. government invested $8.9 billion in Intel common stock, supporting the company’s more than $100 billion expansion of the American semiconductor supply chain.
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan credited President Trump’s focus on U.S. chip manufacturing for driving historic investment in an industry integral to America’s economic and national security.
Intel announcementAmong the largest employers.
Intel employs roughly 18,000 in Oregon, making it among the state’s largest private employers.
OPBA share of the boom.
Oregon is also set to receive a share of Apple’s $500 billion American investment and Roche’s $50 billion U.S. investment.
- Apple (U.S.)$500B
- Roche (U.S.)$50B
OREGON’S TIMBER INDUSTRY
Bringing back
Oregon’s timber industry.
President Trump is bringing back Oregon’s timber industry.
More American timber.
President Trump signed an Executive Order to immediately increase domestic timber production, cut red tape, boost timber sales from public lands, reduce wildfire risk, and end American reliance on imported lumber.
White House fact sheetA reliable supply.
USDA issued a secretarial order directing the Forest Service to increase timber output, simplify permitting, cut contracting burdens, and work directly with states and producers to deliver a reliable supply of timber.
Columbia Law climate trackerThe O&C lands.
The Bureau of Land Management moved to revise the Western Oregon Resource Management Plans governing 2.5 million acres across 17 Oregon counties — the O&C lands — for maximum timber production.
The revision could return those lands to 1960s harvest levels, more than ten times current harvest levels, on some of the most productive timberland in the world.
Oregon Capital ChronicleIMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
Removing the Worst of the Worst
from Oregon.
Criminal illegal aliens convicted of serious crimes in Oregon communities.
Bryan Galeana Rosas
From Mexico
Convicted of: Sex assault and rape.
DHS recordSergey Sinyayev
From Russia
Convicted of: Sex assault, carnal abuse, failure to register as a sex offender, and public order crimes.
DHS recordKerin Daniel Antonio Cruz-Gonzalez
From El Salvador
Convicted of: Sex offense against a child (fondling).
DHS recordHilario Gonzalez Martinez
From Mexico
Convicted of: Assault and hit and run.
DHS recordIgnacio Juarez Villa
From Mexico
Convicted of: Drug trafficking.
DHS recordPUBLIC SAFETY · THE FULL BREAKDOWN
Crime is down.
Faster than any major city.
Crime in Portland has fallen faster than in any major American city.
Portland · 2025 midyearFirst half of 2025 · Major Cities Chiefs Association midyear report↓ 51% homicides
Portland recorded the steepest drop in violent crime of all 68 agencies in the 2025 Major Cities Chiefs Association midyear report.
Portland homicides fell 51% in the first half of 2025, from 35 to 17 – the largest homicide decrease of any major city in the report.
Portland Mayor’s officePortland · 2026 midyearYear over year · Major Cities Chiefs Association midyear report↓ 28% homicides
The 2026 Major Cities Chiefs Association midyear report found Portland homicide had decreased another 28% year over year.
Major Cities Chiefs midyear reportA CLOSER LOOK
Big numbers.
Clear sources.
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