Senate District 8
Mike Tipping
Senate District 8
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New Sen. Tipping law improves retirement benefits for nurses at Dorothea Dix and Riverview
AUGUSTA – On Thursday, April 16, a bill from Sen. Mike Tipping, D-Orono, was signed into law. LD 579, “An Act to Include Certain Nurses Under the 1998 Special Plan for Retirement,” adds certain state mental health workers at Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center and Riverview...
New Sen. Tipping law eliminates marriage penalty for Mainers receiving Supplemental Security Income
AUGUSTA – On Thursday, April 16, a bill from Sen. Mike Tipping, D-Orono, was signed into law. LD 840, “An Act to Modernize the State Supplement to Supplemental Security Income by Removing Marriage Disincentives,” removes the state-level marriage penalty for Mainers who are...
Sen. Tipping is serving in his second term in the Maine Senate. He chairs the Labor Committee and serves on the Taxation and Government Oversight Committees. During his first term, he sponsored groundbreaking new laws addressing medical debt and electricity rates.
Sen. Mike Tipping grew up in Orono, attending Asa Adams Elementary and Orono Middle and High School. He studied Political Science at Dalhousie University, where he served as Student Union President and Chair of the Alliance of Nova Scotia Student Associations.
Sen. Tipping has worked in the field of public advocacy for his entire career, including serving as spokesperson for statewide referendum campaigns to expand senior care and raise Maine’s minimum wage.
Working for the Maine People’s Alliance and Maine People’s Resource Center, he helped hold the former owners of the HoltraChem plant accountable for mercury pollution in the Penobscot River through a landmark federal lawsuit and mandated ecosystem-wide cleanup.
Sen. Tipping has written regular opinion columns for several Maine publications and in 2014 authored the book “As Maine Went” on Maine politics and policy.
A proud union member, Sen. Tipping believes that by working together we can build stronger communities and better lives for families in Maine.
He lives in Orono with his wife, Maggie, and their eight-year-old twins.
