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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PublishedOctober 29, 2020
Portland moving temporary shelter occupants to prepare Expo as polling place
City officials say ‘minor issues’ have delayed the establishment of a temporary homeless shelter in a vacant county facility, but people are being moved into a hotel so voting can occur as usual.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2020
Portland mayor promises more campaign finance transparency in wake of missing reports
After a report detailing $125,000 in contributions went undisclosed for nearly a month, Mayor Kate Snyder says she will work with councilors to increase online access to campaign finance reports.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2020
Money pours in to efforts to defeat citizen referendum questions in Portland
Opponents of 5 proposals placed on the ballot by Southern Maine Democratic Socialists of America have raised nearly 14 times as much as proponents, and have more cash on hand for the final week of the campaign.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2020
Plan would create 171 apartments in fast-changing Portland neighborhood
Tom Watson’s housing proposal is the last major redevelopment plan for the city’s former public works complex in the city’s Bayside neighborhood.
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PublishedOctober 22, 2020
Portland defends plans to use corrections center as temporary shelter
City officials say the shelter at the Community Corrections Center, which is empty because of the pandemic, will be staffed by city workers and clients will be able to come and go freely.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2020
Referendum proposals could add $12 million in costs to Portland budget, city says
Mayor Kate Snyder says two initiatives on the Nov. 3 ballot could lead to additional cuts in city services.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2020
Sixty small-business owners oppose Portland minimum wage initiative
The group includes some who support a gradual increase to $15 an hour but oppose a hazard pay provision that could give Portland the highest minimum wage in the country.
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PublishedOctober 19, 2020
Mayor Snyder talks of the challenges of her first year, and says more are coming
As expected, Mayor Kate Snyder did not announce any specific policy proposals Monday in her first State of the City address.
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PublishedOctober 19, 2020
County offers corrections building as temporary homeless shelter in Portland
The community corrections center can accommodate about 50 people, and the state has agreed to pay for as many as 149 hotel beds as overflow space for the city’s Oxford Street Shelter.
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PublishedOctober 19, 2020
In a tumultuous first year, Portland’s mayor focuses on collaboration
Kate Snyder gives her first State of the City address remotely Monday after a year upended by the pandemic and protests against racial injustice and homelessness.
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