Randy Billings is a government watchdog and political reporter who has been the State House bureau chief since 2021. He was named the Maine Press Association’s Journalist of the Year in 2020. He joined the Press Herald in 2012 as the Portland City Hall reporter, where his beat touched on a wide range of topics, including municipal government, immigration, homelessness, housing and social services. Prior to that, he worked at various weeklies as well as business and arts publications. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maine, Orono. He lives in North Yarmouth with his wife and two children and enjoys the outdoors and playing his upright bass.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2019
City wants developers to reconsider plan for historic Portland Co. building
Portland’s historic preservation manager says proposed alterations for a restaurant, offices and a residential unit could compromise the historical character of the Pattern Storehouse.
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PublishedAugust 6, 2019
Narrow Gauge Railroad staying in Portland
The nonprofit considered moving to Gray after the Portland Co. was sold for redevelopment, but it now plans to remain on the Portland waterfront, where it has operated since 1993.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2019
Portland unveils proposed rules for marijuana businesses
City staff is recommending a 20-store cap on pot retail outlets, a $10,000 annual fee and a prohibition on mobile sales and delivery services, among other things.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2019
Construction flagger hit by truck in Kennebunk; driver charged
Kennebunk police charge Shannon Carey, 40, of Kennebunk, with reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2019
Company selling bottled water in Maine to close after N.H. health warning
Spring Hill Water is sold at Cumberland Farms, Market Basket, Whole Foods and other stores.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2019
Portland begins final push as it transitions migrants out of Expo
City and immigrant leaders will move asylum seekers to the Family Shelter and a Salvation Army overflow shelter by Aug. 15.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2019
Migrant in Portland ‘shocked’ by fake Twitter account used to smear fellow asylum seekers
Someone posed as Prince Pombo Mafumba in an attempt to stoke xenophobia and anger among Mainers.
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PublishedJuly 30, 2019
Sen. Collins co-sponsors bill requiring presidential campaigns to report foreign contacts
She is the first Republican senator to support the measure, but Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has so far blocked the bill from coming to a vote.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2019
Council committee decides migrants’ initial housing costs a priority for donation fund
The matter of how to spend $870,000 in private donations for asylum seekers in Portland will go before the full City Council in August.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2019
Immigrant leaders in Portland say migrants will accept available housing
That appears to be a shift since Tuesday, when city staffers said housing offers outside Portland had been repeatedly turned down.
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