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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PublishedJanuary 6, 2015
Portland heads to appeals court, hoping to salvage its ban on standing in medians
The city will argue Friday that the ordinance does not infringe on free speech by panhandlers or others, but civil rights advocates disagree.
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PublishedJanuary 1, 2015
Maine highway fatalities at 70-year low in 2014
The 128 deaths are the fewest since 1944, according to state police statistics.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2014
Two cities to seek court order over state’s delay in General Assistance reimbursements
Portland and Westbrook want DHHS to make long-overdue payments during their lawsuit over a new policy on ‘undocumented’ immigrants.
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PublishedDecember 14, 2014
Fire safety task force in Portland considers array of changes
Among them are a database of building inspection records and a more effective system of responding to complaints.
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PublishedDecember 14, 2014
DHHS goes silent after city disputes General Assistance audit
Eight months later, Portland still hasn’t heard whether some of the program practices it had used for decades are now improper.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2014
Portland considers ‘workforce housing’ project in Bayside
The homes on land now occupied by the public works department would be sold for below-market prices so many working families could afford them.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2014
More asylum seekers getting financial help in Portland
More undocumented immigrants have received general assistance from the city since July 1 than in the entire previous year.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2014
Maine’s aid-to-immigrants dispute will stay in state court
A federal judge has rejected a request by the LePage administration to move the lawsuit to federal court.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2014
Badly burned victim of Portland fire remained conscious for four days before he died, court filing says
Steven Summers of Rockland, a Navy veteran with a wife and two young children, was engulfed in flames when he jumped from the second story of the burning apartment house.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2014
Portland fireboat crews complete enhanced training program
The higher level of navigation training, to U.S. Coast Guard standards, comes after two accidents that did a total of $140,000 in damage.
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