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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PublishedJune 21, 2016
Maine native begins confirmation process to become ambassador to Lithuania
Orono native Anne Hall, a resident of Blue Hill, is introduced to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee by Sen. Susan Collins.
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PublishedJune 20, 2016
Portland’s Lobsterman Park could become Menario Plaza
The City Council will consider renaming a downtown corner in honor of a former city manager who spearheaded Urban Renewal.
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PublishedJune 16, 2016
Tactics in heated Senate race lead to scrutiny by Maine ethics panel
It will investigate a complaint against Diane Russell and may again take up one involving District 27 winner Ben Chipman, but not a mysterious letter.
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PublishedMay 10, 2016
Lawmakers call for investigation of Maine wardens’ undercover raid
Gov. Paul LePage says he is disturbed by the Maine Sunday Telegram’s report of a dramatic raid in which agents may have padded evidence, provided alcohol to people being investigated and flouted public records laws.
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PublishedMay 3, 2016
Meet Veto: LePage employs biting humor to name his new dog
The governor adopts a rescue Jack Russell Terrier just a month after the family lost its previous dog to cancer.
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PublishedApril 27, 2016
LePage hits familiar themes at Damariscotta town hall
In addition to pressing his agenda for welfare reform, lowering energy costs and changing the state’s tax code, the governor says a ballot measure for a $12 minimum wage would hurt the state’s economy.
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PublishedApril 25, 2016
Portland advances plan to raise age for buying tobacco
A City Council subcommittee will work on an ordinance to increase the minimum age from 18 to 21.
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PublishedApril 19, 2016
String of misfortune stretches ‘direct’ flight to Florida into odyssey
In all, it took three airliners to get about 70 Elite Airways passengers from Maine to Melbourne last weekend.
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PublishedApril 14, 2016
Portland to ban city-paid travel to N.C., Mississippi over anti-LGBT laws
City councilors will take up the resolution on April 25 that would prohibit municipal money being spent on nonessential travel to those states.
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PublishedApril 11, 2016
Portland considers raising age for buying tobacco to 21
Retailers would feel the impact and some are not on board, but several young smokers support the idea.
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