Businesses and developers have been lobbying the city to keep the policy as flexible as possible, advocating for no limits on tax money being returned to developers.
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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Portland’s State of the City address slated for Monday
The State of the City is one of the responsibilities outlined in the City Charter for the elected mayor position.
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Portland OKs new hotels on waterfront, Exchange St.
The $22.5 million in hotel developments will add more than 230 rooms and two restaurants to the Old Port area.
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Limits on tax breaks up for vote in Portland
A city committee will also discuss Wednesday whether Congress Square Park will remain a park.
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Portland fireboat’s repairs cost $170,000
The figure is nearly twice as much as originally reported, but cost to the city was still $25,000.
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New design unveiled for Munjoy Hill perfomance hall
Neighbors and a city panel asked for a design that would better blend with its surroundings.
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Mechanical issue knocks Peaks Island car ferry out of service
Casco Bay Lines says that a supplemental barge service will run from East End Beach while the ferry is offline.
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$38 million Portland project has new name, design
The revamped plan for the former Maritime Landing is meant to safeguard views of the city’s skyline.
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Condo project near India Street delayed
The developer still intends to build the 24 units, but says the time for breaking ground is not right yet.
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Files reveal cost discrepancy in Portland fireboat’s 2009 crash
The city said that repairs from the crash in November 2009 cost about $90,000, but invoices show it cost about $170,000.