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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PublishedMay 30, 2017
Old Port parking garage does double duty as solar farm
The array of nearly 600 solar panels will produce electricity for the nearby Hyatt Place Portland Old Port hotel.
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PublishedMay 29, 2017
Eleven developers submit bids for city-owned land in Bayside
The redevelopment of the former Public Works properties, totaling 4.1 acres, is considered transformational for the Portland neighborhood.
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PublishedMay 24, 2017
Portland residents offer to raise money to keep mayor’s assistant
But such a donation would need to be accepted and appropriated by the City Council, which already voted 6-3 to eliminate the position.
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PublishedMay 23, 2017
Portland city budget omits aid for some asylum seekers
As many as 180 are subject to a law limiting state assistance to 24 months, and officials hope the Legislature can fix the issue.
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PublishedMay 22, 2017
Mayor Strimling wants a citizen task force to define his role, powers
But city councilors say two legal opinions have already done that. The mayor also says he won’t carry through on his threat to veto the city budget over the loss of the mayor’s assistant job.
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PublishedMay 22, 2017
Portland citizens group seeks referendum on rent control, other tenant protections
Members of the new group want to curb practices affecting renters in the city’s tight housing market, but similar efforts have failed.
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PublishedMay 18, 2017
For first workers on Portland Opportunity Crew, a hot, dirty job sure beats panhandling
The city-run pilot program begins with two men who say they are grateful for the minimum-wage jobs.
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PublishedMay 16, 2017
Portland Mayor Strimling says he may veto budget over council’s vote to cut his assistant
It would be the first use of the mayor’s veto power since the position was created in 2010.
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PublishedMay 15, 2017
After emotional debate, Portland council eliminates position for mayor’s assistant
Councilors vote 6-3 to drop the job in the next fiscal-year budget, saying it has upset constituents and impeded council-mayor collaboration.
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PublishedMay 15, 2017
Portland landowner agrees to remove tiny homes from Bayside, pays fine
He’d hoped to rent out the houses that sat on trailers that he’d set up without permits in a Bayside parking lot.
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