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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PublishedAugust 7, 2015
Portland allows work to resume on Newbury Street condos
Work had been halted after neighbors reported damage to their properties that an engineering report attributes to construction activity.
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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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PublishedAugust 3, 2015
Portland council weighs tax break for affordable housing project in West End
A nonprofit would save $728,000 on the project over 22 years, but foes say it may not be a good fit for the area and parking would be lost.
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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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PublishedJuly 28, 2015
Portland to unveil 2 more downtown charging stations for electric vehicles
The stations at the city’s Temple and Spring street parking garages were funded by a private grant.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2015
Portland councilors debate ways to provide aid to asylum seekers
But critics say two fundraising efforts, one backed by Mayor Michael Brennan and each targeting a different group of immigrants, may be competing for the same pool of potential donors.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2015
Developers look to convert former Portland church into affordable housing for mentally ill
The former Clark Memorial United Methodist Church would provide 25 housing units near Woodfords Corner.
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PublishedJuly 24, 2015
Special Portland fund won’t cover all needs of asylum seekers
The city manager says Portland’s new aid program for immigrants doesn’t have enough money to provide a full array of emergency aid over the rest of the fiscal year.
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PublishedJuly 24, 2015
Tipped employees in Portland say wage hike could hurt
Many in the city’s small army of waitstaff believe a proposal that would triple their hourly base salary would just eat into their gratuities.
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