Michaud draws from all over the state while LePage and Cutler tout strong pockets of support.
Randy Billings
Staff Writer
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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New nonpartisan, grass-roots group forms in Maine, will publish voter guide in fall
Several members leave the Maine League of Young Voters to found The Voter Education Brigade.
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LePage vetoes harsher drunken-driving penalties
A legislator and legal officials question his decision on a bill targeting repeat felony offenders. The governor says the bill didn’t go far enough.
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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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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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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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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.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, News
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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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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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.