Randy Billings is a government watchdog and political reporter who has been covering Portland City Hall for the Press Herald since 2012. His beat touches on a wide range of topics, including immigration, homelessness, education, tourism, real estate development and the economy in Maine’s largest city. He has been a Portland-based journalist since 2005. A life-long Mainer who loves the outdoors, Randy is also a bassist who brews his own beer at his North Yarmouth home, where he lives with his wife and two children.
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2015
Campaign for $15-per-hour minimum wage kicks off in Portland
Question 1 on the city’s Nov. 3 ballot will ask voters whether they support raising pay for all workers.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2015
Study: Affordable housing requirements don’t stifle development, raise rents
A Massachusetts think tank says zoning rules similar to those being discussed in Portland can prevent ‘housing segregation’ in hot real estate markets.
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2015
Maine mayors develop $2 million plan to fight drug addiction
The idea for eight pilot projects statewide to attack the heroin and painkiller epidemic will be presented to state Department of Health and Human Services this week.
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PublishedSeptember 21, 2015
Promoter raises prospect of covering concerts at Maine State Pier
Portland city councilors hear about Waterfront Concerts’ idea of covering the pier to give audiences a better experience and address neighbors’ noise concerns.
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PublishedSeptember 21, 2015
Portland uses courts to enforce housing safety rules
Some landlords are surprised as the city gets serious about issuing summonses and fines to ensure code violations are fixed.
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PublishedSeptember 21, 2015
Portland council may insist on affordable housing units in big projects
A proposed ordinance rejected by the city’s Planning Board may have enough support from councilors to become law.
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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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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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PublishedJuly 31, 2015
Sen. Angus King announces push to ease federal work restrictions on asylum seekers
Maine’s independent U.S. senator comes to Portland to announce the proposal, saying it would reduce the need for the kind of public assistance the city is struggling to provide.
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PublishedJuly 30, 2015
Sen. Angus King coming to Portland to start push for change in asylum work rules
A shorter wait period before getting jobs would ease the city’s immigrant assistance problem, but it will be an uphill battle in Congress.
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