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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PublishedSeptember 11, 2015
Latest court ruling allows Portland panhandlers to stay on street medians
The city’s attempt to ban people from standing on the medians is again deemed unconstitutional, this time by a federal appeals judge.
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2015
Booting of cars in parking company’s lots kicks up a storm in Portland
The private firm has opened up thousands of spaces, but critics say its enforcement practices and fees are predatory and tarnish the city in the eyes of visitors.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2015
Portland residents can use up blue trash bags before switching to pricier purple
City councilors reverse an earlier decision requiring residents to use up or trade in the blue leftovers for the more expensive bags by Oct. 4.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2015
Mayor Brennan touts minimum wage as ‘historic’ and ‘a significant step forward’
It’s unclear how many workers in Portland would be affected by the city’s minimum wage increase.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2015
Portland council keeps tipped workers’ base wage at $3.75
Voting 7-2, the councilors reverse a previous decision that inadvertently raised the rate to $6.35 an hour.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2015
Opponents of Maine’s immigrant aid law drop repeal push; asylum-seekers soon will be eligible for aid
Portland officials are awaiting details, but expect additional state funding for those who had been cut from an assistance program.
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2015
Portland mayoral race down to three candidates
Firefighter Chris Vail is disqualified after the City Clerk’s office determines he needed four more valid signatures to qualify for the November ballot.
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PublishedAugust 11, 2015
Portland real estate firm to donate $45,000 to fight graffiti
The money will allow Graffiti Busters to double up its efforts, an official says.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2015
Portland allows work to resume on Newbury Street condos
Work had been halted after neighbors reported damage to their properties that an engineering report attributes to construction activity.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2015
Police look for possible pattern in string of thefts from Maine veterans groups
About $15,000 was stolen from an American Legion post in Gray over the weekend, and there are similarities to other crimes targeting the state’s nonprofits.
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