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 Associationās 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 bachelorās 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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PublishedOctober 1, 2018
Portland adopts moratorium on establishing certain medical marijuana operations
The timeout doesn’t affect existing permit applicants and gives the city’s staff time to develop rules for the structure and location of pot businesses.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2018
Portland artist ready to plant street lamp art, as Woodfords Corner construction wraps up
Aaron Stephan hopes to add grace and mindfulness to one of the city’s most chaotic intersections
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2018
Director of Portland shelter is leaving, saying the high-stress job has worn him down
Rob Parritt says the work has become all-consuming and he will give it up after overseeing the city’s increasingly overwhelmed Oxford Street Shelter for the better part of a decade.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2018
Portlandās Amistad center for mentally ill to be displaced by building sale
Amistad is being given time to find a new home by a developer who says he plans to ‘slow-play’ his condo project on State Street.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2018
Mega sailing yacht pushed by wind gust, damages pilings in Portland Harbor
The M5 has made multiple visits to the Portland waterfront and was docked over the weekend when it pulled a floating pier away from its pilings.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2018
Portland’s first price-restricted housing unit a tough sell
Some fear a city rule restricting future sales prices in an otherwise booming market may be deterring interest.
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2018
Preble Street’s plan to scale back hours at day shelter in Bayside worries its users and its neighbors
Facing rising costs and less public funding, the agency makes a decision that could exacerbate the needs of the homeless and undermine efforts to reduce disorderly behavior in the area.
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2018
Two Maine mayors urge Congress to reject effort to undo local pesticide restrictions
The Portland and South Portland officials write that the provision in a House farm bill tramples on their right to protect their cities.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2018
Portland clears way for big parking garage on eastern waterfront
The City Council unanimously approves a zoning change to allow for the structure, which will include ground-floor retail and upper-level office space.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2018
Portland’s Bayside neighborhood feeling effects of police crackdown
But as unruly behavior declines, some fear the homeless are being unfairly targeted.
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