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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PublishedJanuary 23, 2019
Portland council decides hotel developers will help fund affordable housing
The city hopes to increase its affordable-housing stock by requiring developers to build low-income housing or pay a $3,806 fee per hotel unit.
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2019
Portland council decides to slow down Franklin Street project
Councilors direct the city staff to look for less costly ways to improve the interchange with Interstate 295 than the $5.4 million plan proposed by the state Department of Transportation.
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2019
Portland council weighs plan for new hotels to help cover cost of affordable housing
But the hospitality sector chafes at the idea of requiring it to build affordable housing units or pay $3,806 per guest room.
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2019
Portland selects firm for first property revaluation in 13 years
Tyler Technologies CLT Appraisal Services will begin reassessing the city’s more than 24,000 parcels next month.
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2019
Portland officials identify 14 ‘reasonable’ sites for potential new homeless shelters
The City Council’s Public Safety and Health and Human Services Committee will consider the list Tuesday night.
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2019
Portland still looking to honor King legacy
Among the options is a proposal to create an educational memorial for King on a section of the Bayside Trail.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2019
Strimling gets fundraising jump for re-election bid he hasn’t yet announced
Portland’s mayor, who proposed reforms this week to ‘get the big money out of municipal politics,’ has already raised more than $40,000.
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2019
Working-waterfront advocates end petition drive to limit use of Portland piers
The group had collected signatures to force a citywide vote on limiting non-marine uses of the waterfront.
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2019
Portland looks to make workforce housing more affordable
But the demand for the three units put on the market has been so weak that the city is adjusting the program.
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2019
Portland didn’t break federal law in disclosing HIV patients’ data to researchers
A federal agency weighs in on the city’s disclosure of more than 200 names, without their consent, as part of a study with USM.
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