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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.
An ambitious development in a neighborhood with
an unsettled past could face a key vote Tuesday.
A panel will discuss the interface of the ordinance with state and federal laws on Thursday night at City Hall.
Increasing numbers of people escaping violence are resettling in the state at a time when housing and jobs are hard to find, especially in Portland.
But an attorney denies Kenneth Williams spent thousands on personal expenses and says Infinity Federal Credit Union is retaliating for an age discrimination complaint.
The team that will turn the building into market-rate housing says it will break ground in February.
Officials cite several reasons for the state increase, especially in Portland, which has had success helping veterans find housing.
It’s a safety issue, the city says, but foes argue they illegally restrict speech.
The vote keeps anti-abortion protesters 39 feet away from where people enter a clinic.
Concern that Bayside’s ‘midtown’ project could create a dangerous wind tunnel is being addressed, they say.
The closure is designed to allow pedestrians to ‘walk freely and enjoy art and the splendor of the evening.’
