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 6, 2020
Portland workers: Hazard pay of $18 an hour would be ‘incredible’
Workers in Portland talk about why they deserve a 50 percent bump in pay during the pandemic and what the additional money would mean to them.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2020
Employers grapple with hazard wage: Some pay, others don’t
Amid a legal challenge, large employers take widely different approaches to a hazard pay provision in the Portland’s new minimum wage ordinance.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2020
Portland to form rental board, enforce rent limits as it carries out citizen initiatives
City officials release part of their plan to implement five ballot measures that were approved by voters Nov. 3 and take effect Sunday.
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PublishedNovember 24, 2020
Activists, business community await Portland’s plans to implement ballot measures
City officials said they will release implementation plans next week just as the voter-approved ordinances take effect.
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PublishedNovember 23, 2020
Portland council continues private meetings with attorney
Monday’s executive session was the third time councilors huddled with their attorney outside of public view to discuss varying interpretations – and the legal risks for each – of five voter-approved ordinances.
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PublishedNovember 22, 2020
State to demolish part of historic train trestle in Portland
The span, which is visible from Interstate 295, has been eyed by both trail and rail advocates but has fallen into ‘critical’ condition after being damaged by fire in 1984, according to the state.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2020
Portland to begin hand recount of short-term rental referendum ballots Thursday
A city spokesperson predicted it would take three full days, at an estimated cost of $15,000 to the city, to conduct the recount.
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PublishedNovember 16, 2020
Portland council delays vote on Munjoy Hill historic district
Also Monday, the council selected Nathan Szanton and the Maine Cooperative Development Partners to build 108 units of housing at the former West School in Libbytown.
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PublishedNovember 16, 2020
Portland councilors huddle with lawyer, proceed with caution on citizen initiatives
Councilors again met privately with the city’s lawyer about how to implement a suite of new ordinances approved by voters, including rent control and a ‘Green New Deal for Portland.’
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PublishedNovember 16, 2020
Homelessness in Portland approaching record levels
The increased numbers come as efforts to create more temporary and permanent shelter space remain in flux.
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