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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PublishedFebruary 5, 2014
Bill to beef up Maine restaurant inspections on hold for talks
A state restaurant industry group is a leading opponent, and will be involved in compromise talks
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2014
Proposal to protect Portland parklands advances
The Portland City Council moves toward a June referendum on the plan even as the city fights the measure.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2014
Longtime Mexican restaurant in Portland closes after repeated citations
Mesa Verde failed two of its last three inspections but was not told to shut down, city records show.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2014
Portland planners OK 5 slope-side apartments
The project on Sheridan Street would use pier supports and feature a large top-floor unit built for a surgeon.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2014
Maine restaurant groups: No inspections by localities
That would cause confusion, they say, but others back a bill calling for increased oversight amid rising Maine complaints.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2014
Planners OK upscale Munjoy Hill condos, apartment building
A four-story project at Congress Street’s peak calls for 12 units as well as ground-floor retail space, and a smaller five-unit building will be built on a steep slope on Sheridan Street.
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PublishedJanuary 28, 2014
Commission: Ex-Portland worker likely was sexually harassed
David Tanguay can move forward with his sexual harassment case against the city.
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PublishedJanuary 28, 2014
Portland officials to see new Thompson’s Point master plan
The $110 million plans call for redeveloping the site into a business, arts, sports and transportation complex.
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2014
Franklin Street redesign to free up valuable city land
The effort to undo the 1960s project could also enlarge Lincoln Park and reunite parts of Portland.
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2014
Restaurant inspections a hot item in Augusta
The industry adamantly opposes a bill that would revive a system that gives all municipalities an oversight role.
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