Senate District 8
Mike Tipping
Senate District 8
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Sen. Mike Tipping introduces bill to allow community mental health workers to retire with dignity
AUGUSTA – On Tuesday, Jan. 20, Sen. Mike Tipping, D-Penobscot County, introduced a bill to allow state community mental health workers to retire with dignity with the same benefits as other first responders and mental health care workers in Maine. The Legislature's Labor Committee, which the...
Sen. Mike Tipping presents final report of the Commission to Protect Maine Hospitals to legislative committee
AUGUSTA – On Wednesday, after months of meetings, Sen. Mike Tipping, D-Orono, and Rep. Michelle Boyer, D-Cape Elizabeth, presented the final report of the Commission to Evaluate Regulatory Review and Oversight of Health Care Transactions That Impact the Delivery of Health Care Services in the...
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.
