More than 100 people attend the event, at which landlords, real estate agents and developers highlight potential problems with the ballot question aimed at curbing rising rents.
Randy Billings
Staff Writer
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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Another Bayside condo project goes to Portland Planning Board
A vote may be taken Tuesday on the 45-unit development on a steep hillside overlooking Back Cove, near the intersection of Washington Avenue and the Eastern Promenade.
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The asylee: He fled the Congo after being tortured and threatened with death
What is asylum?About the Congo His pregnant wife had already fled the Democratic Republic of the Congo when six armed men caught up to Marcel Kabongo Mafuku. They beat him and tortured him using a screwdriver, leaving Mafuku with internal injuries that would go untreated for months. They stopped torturing him long enough for one […]
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By the numbers: Undocumented immigrants
Deportations from Maine, by federal fiscal year It’s not known how many undocumented immigrants live in Maine, but here is the number of people deported from Maine since 2005. The data is for federal fiscal years, which run from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30. *2016 data is current through January 2016. The federal fiscal year […]
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By the numbers: Asylum
Affirmative grants of asylum nationwide, by federal fiscal year and by country of origin Asylees are new arrivals who get permission to stay in the United States because it would not be safe to go home. There is no accurate count of asylees or asylum seekers in Maine, but here is the number of people […]
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The undocumented immigrant: This man came here on a tourist visa 15 years ago and never left
Who is undocumented?About El Salvador He has been living and working in southern Maine for more than a decade. He pays taxes. He goes to church. But he has no legal immigration status – no citizenship, no valid visa, no green card. And that means he is constantly at risk of being discovered and removed. […]
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Group opposing Portland rent-limit initiative has $100,000 to spend
Landlords are among the biggest contributors to Say No to Rent Control’s campaign.
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Portland council votes to sell 4 parcels in Bayside
City officials hope to transform the area into a modern, mixed-use neighborhood.
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Proponents of 4-school bond in Portland cite favorable poll
They tout the results days before a rival group plans to launch a campaign supporting the two-school option.
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Portland’s city manager, mayor seem to have found a way to get along
After a long period of acrimony, the 2 men have been meeting at least on a weekly basis and describe the new relationship as collaborative and respectful.
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