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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PublishedJanuary 5, 2021
Portland approves plan for new shelter in Bayside
Preble Street’s plan calls for as many as 40 beds, 8 feet apart to comply with COVID-19 guidelines, with meals and other services on site.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2021
Portland city councilor has COVID-19
City Councilor April Fournier said in a Facebook post that she tested positive and is experiencing symptoms, including body aches, a headache, fever, fatigue and a cough.
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PublishedDecember 28, 2020
Portland bets on co-ops to meet need for affordable housing
Over the last year, the City Council has partnered with two fledgling organizations to develop three city properties into housing cooperatives, which are owned and managed by residents, not a landlord.
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PublishedDecember 22, 2020
Portland council gives top city attorney retroactive raise
The City Council awarded attorney Danielle West-Chuhta, whose official title is corporation counsel, retroactive raises of 3 percent for 2019 to 2020, raising her salary to $148,473 a year.
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PublishedDecember 18, 2020
Maine says uncertainty around shipments is hampering vaccine rollout
The state delays its plans to vaccinate residents of assisted-living facilities after learning it won’t receive as many doses next week as it expected.
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PublishedDecember 11, 2020
Portland’s racial equity panel will hold first public hearing next week
The group will hold its first session at 5 p.m. Thursday to solicit feedback about ‘the ways that the city interacts with the area agencies and organizations in the name of public safety.’
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PublishedDecember 10, 2020
Three deputy fire chiefs in Portland disciplined for not enforcing mask mandates
Fire Chief Keith Gautreau, who was photographed without a mask in a firehouse, conceded that ‘we could all do better with this and we should be’ and ‘it starts at the top.’
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PublishedDecember 8, 2020
Portland’s plan for a temporary homeless shelter falls through
City Manager Jon Jennings says the city is working with the state to secure more hotel rooms, including at a hotel near the jetport, to ensure that anyone seeking shelter has a place to stay this winter.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2020
Eleven Portland firefighters exposed to COVID-19
Fire Chief Keith Gautreau says city officials determined that none of the 11 firefighters working at the Bramhall Station on Nov. 30 was following the city mandate that face masks be worn inside firehouses.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2020
City Council welcomes new members as Portland faces historic challenges
At-large Councilor April Fournier is sworn in as the first indigenous member of the council, along with Andrew Zarro in District 4 and Mark Dion in District 5.
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