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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PublishedApril 28, 2014
More help in Maine for a hidden problem: Hoarding
Portland, York County and others are using task forces and sensitive interventions in a state with a large elderly population.
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PublishedApril 27, 2014
Obamacare gives Maine voters a clash of candidates
The issue highlights big differences among Maine’s three gubernatorial candidates and hands the parties something to ‘fire up the base.’
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PublishedApril 22, 2014
Candidates reach out to Maine women
Blaine House hopefuls vie for the ‘crucial’ women’s vote, making their cases to the Women’s Legislative Council of Maine.
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PublishedApril 16, 2014
Portland to appeal ruling on panhandling ban
Portland’s city attorney will seek a delay as a federal appeals court in Boston weighs a similar case from Worcester, Mass.
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PublishedApril 11, 2014
Narrow Gauge Railroad’s move from Portland is slow process
Its plan to build a museum and new rail line in Gray and move by 2016 will advance Friday when it receives a key deed to land.
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PublishedApril 9, 2014
Maine’s high court takes up dispute over Portland plaza
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court is weighing the legality of a referendum effort to reverse the sale of Congress Square Plaza.
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PublishedApril 8, 2014
Portland City Council allocates $3.4 million in grant funding
But a bid to eliminate a $30,000 grant for Florence House draws much of the councilors’ attention.
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PublishedApril 7, 2014
Portland council denies liquor license for Sangillo’s
The bar’s attorney says it will appeal the 5-4 vote to the state liquor board. Police asked for Sangillo’s to be shut down.
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PublishedApril 7, 2014
Portland councilors offer city manager a one-year extension
Mark Rees will earn just under $146,600 for the next year and continue to receive a $450 monthly automobile allowance.
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PublishedApril 4, 2014
Talks of seizing land for Portland cargo terminal drag on
The Maine DOT’s plan to allow cargo to go from ships to trains is tied up in eminent domain bargaining that the shoreland owner calls ‘painful.’
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