Randy Billings is a government watchdog and political reporter who has been the State House bureau chief since 2021. He was named the Maine Press Association’s Journalist of the Year in 2020. He joined the Press Herald in 2012 as the Portland City Hall reporter, where his beat touched on a wide range of topics, including municipal government, immigration, homelessness, housing and social services. Prior to that, he worked at various weeklies as well as business and arts publications. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maine, Orono. He lives in North Yarmouth with his wife and two children and enjoys the outdoors and playing his upright bass.
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PublishedMarch 6, 2017
Portland councilors approve West Commercial Street Trail
The 10-foot-wide bike and pedestrian trail will leave the city just one link short of its goal of having a continuous trail around the peninsula
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PublishedMarch 6, 2017
Portland council set to vote on key step in advancing peninsula trail
If a deal with the Maine DOT is approved, construction of a western waterfront section would start in 2018, leaving one last segment to finish the full path.
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PublishedMarch 5, 2017
To Portland panhandlers, program may offer welcome change: Jobs
Using Albuquerque as a model, Portland would pay $10.68 per hour to those willing and able to work.
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2017
Attorneys clash as landlord in deadly Portland fire seeks new trial
Testimony conflicts over whether the defense was given an item of evidence before the conviction of Gregory Nisbet, who has been sentenced to three months in jail for a code violation.
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PublishedFebruary 22, 2017
Stunning view from Munjoy Hill park gets new protection
A developer says he will continue with plans for a condo project, but will reduce its height to adhere to new zoning restrictions.
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PublishedFebruary 22, 2017
Portland, South Portland approve plans to put solar farms on closed landfills
Partnering with ReVision Energy, the cities expect to use fewer fossil fuels and save thousands, but that’s not guaranteed.
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PublishedFebruary 22, 2017
Protesters disrupt ceremony honoring Portland police chief
Activists chanting ‘black lives matter’ disrupt the ceremony shortly after city councilors voice support for Chief Michael Sauschuck and his approach to equipping officers with body cameras.
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PublishedFebruary 22, 2017
Would Portland, South Portland solar farms turn a profit? Maybe not, analysis says
But leaders from both communities downplay the likelihood that the worst-case scenario would play out and say that solar farms are likely to break even or be profitable.
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2017
The homeless seem to feel more at home at new Portland clinic
Hospital and nonprofit open a facility to ‘fill the void’ in services created when a city clinic closed in 2014.
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PublishedFebruary 16, 2017
Portland isn’t as progressive as you think, advocacy group says
Progressive Portland releases a scorecard ranking the liberalism of city councilors according to their votes on certain issues.
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