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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PublishedDecember 12, 2014
Portland City Hall corrects general assistance estimates
Officials say they mistakenly overstated the number of asylum seekers or people holding visas who are receiving the benefits.
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PublishedDecember 11, 2014
Scaled-down ‘midtown’ project in Portland faces new questions
City planners want time to review building materials, drainage and more, but the delay could jeopardize a project in the works for five years.
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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 9, 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 8, 2014
Neighbors stuck with disturbing reminder after tragic Portland blaze
The charred apartment building where a fire killed six, deemed safe and tied up in legal action, is likely to remain standing for many months.
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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 5, 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 5, 2014
Court freezes Portland landlord’s assets in lawsuit over fire that killed six
The $1.7 million worth of property will probably be needed to pay damages to a victim’s family, says the judge in a case that reveals new details about Maine’s deadliest fire in 40 years.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2014
Portland’s fire-safety task force sees education, training as priorities
Meanwhile, a group of landlords will hold a second forum Thursday to discuss fire safety in their buildings after last month’s fatal blaze on Noyes Street.
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PublishedDecember 3, 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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