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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PublishedNovember 13, 2014
Portland apartment building where blaze killed six is in foreclosure, records show
Inspection reports reveal the city had been called to the property 16 times over the last 11 years to investigate complaints including storage of combustible material on the porch.
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PublishedNovember 12, 2014
Portland freezes hiring, non-emergency overtime because of immigrant-aid dispute with state
Gov. Paul LePage’s plans to withhold funding to communities that provide aid to undocumented immigrants could cost the city $3.2 million a year.
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PublishedNovember 12, 2014
Portland councilors call for city to expand fire safety oversight
They say more inspections of rental units are needed to find violations and get them fixed, but differ on adding staff to the fire department.
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PublishedNovember 9, 2014
Many in Portland live in rentals with code violations
After a fire on Noyes Street kills six, the Telegram’s renewed investigation of citywide code problems shows that inspection data is difficult to track.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2014
Portland got complaints about possible illegal unit in building where fire killed 6
Records show 16 complaint-based inspections at 20 Noyes St. since 2003, where a fire killed six young adults last week.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2014
Republicans gear up to govern Maine after resounding victories
Triumphs by LePage, Poliquin and state senate candidates mirror a Republican surge that swept the nation
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PublishedNovember 3, 2014
Portland’s fire safety program faces scrutiny after loss of five young lives
A 2013 consultant’s report found a lack of regular, periodic safety inspections and called for more staffing in the city’s fire prevention bureau, among other improvements.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2014
Witnesses describe horrors at scene of Portland fatal fire
Some people jumped from second-story windows to escape the blaze that claimed five lives.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2014
Five dead in house fire on Portland’s Noyes Street
One survivor is badly burned after the early-morning fire and fire officials say the cause and the indentification of the bodies will take time.
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PublishedOctober 31, 2014
Candidates for governor mount final push for the Blaine House
U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud rallies women in Portland, Gov. Paul LePage visits businesses in central and southern Maine, while Eliot Cutler focuses on Bangor area.
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