Senate District 8
Mike Tipping
Senate District 8
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Education Committee backs Sen. Mike Tipping bill to address decades of underfunding the University of Maine System, invest in Maine students
AUGUSTA — On Thursday, May 8, the Legislature’s Education and Cultural Affairs Committee endorsed a bill from Sen. Mike Tipping, D-Orono, LD 1219, “An Act to Increase State Funding for the Campuses of the University of Maine System and to Raise the Minimum Hourly Wage for Employees of the...
Committee supports Sen. Mike Tipping bill to protect residents from PFAS contamination at Juniper Ridge Landfill
AUGUSTA — On Wednesday, May 8, the Legislature’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee endorsed a bill from Sen. Mike Tipping, D-Orono. LD 1604, “An Act to Protect Groundwater and Surface Waters from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances from Landfill Leachate,” seeks to...
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.
