The ban was enacted last year amid reports that a neo-Nazi group was planning to establish a training camp in northern Maine.
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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Pingree to hold in-person town halls as more constituents demand to meet with lawmakers
The Democrat, who represents the solidly blue 1st District, is the only member of Maine’s congressional delegation to schedule a town hall since President Donald Trump returned to office.
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Susan Collins breaks with Republican Party again, this time opposing Medicaid cuts
Maine’s senior senator has twice voted against members of her party in recent days, including a vote against a budget resolution over the weekend.
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Trump policies expected to cause 25% drop in Canadian tourism to Maine
The state’s top tourism official told lawmakers her office is aggressively working to bring in more U.S. tourists to make up for the loss of international travelers, but so are other states.
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Jared Golden defends tariffs, breaking with Democrats, Maine delegation
In an interview with the Press Herald, Maine’s 2nd District congressman criticizes those who say prices will automatically increase under Trump’s tariffs — an argument U.S. Sen. Susan Collins put forward Wednesday.
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Susan Collins rebuffs Trump, joins effort to block his tariffs on Canada
The Republican’s support for the Democratic effort came despite the president’s social media post calling on her to ‘get on the Republican bandwagon, for a change’ and ‘FINALLY adhere to Republican Values and Ideals.’
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Trump freezes $2 million in Maine family planning group funding
Title X funds affordable birth control, cancer screenings, and other sexual and reproductive health care to people with low incomes.
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Trump administration issues ‘final warning’ to Maine over transgender policy
Republican lawmakers urged Gov. Janet Mills and Democrats to fast-track legislation to comply with President Donald Trump’s demands.
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Trump’s policies cloud Maine’s economic outlook
President Donald Trump’s global trade war and federal spending cuts — as well as his threat of cutting funds to Maine — have state officials preparing for slowing economic growth and rising unemployment.
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Rep. Chellie Pingree calls Trump’s EPA cuts an ‘assault on science, public health’
‘We strongly urge you to immediately reverse course and abandon this dangerous plan,’ the Maine congresswoman and Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon wrote in a letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.