Mike Tipping for State Senate
Re-Elect Mike
I’m proud of the work I’ve done and the bills I’ve passed in the State Senate, addressing important issues like medical debt, electricity rates and school meals.
I’ve spent my life working for Maine people, serving as spokesperson for Maine’s minimum wage and senior care referendums and successfully holding a corporate polluter responsible for dumping tons of mercury in the Penobscot River.
I grew up here and I have two twelve-year-old kids. My wife, Maggie, is a frontline health care worker. I’m a proud union member.
Working together, we can build stronger communities and better lives for our families.
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Mike in the News
Sen. Mike Tipping said the law is aimed at helping families in areas where maternity services are limited.
“Too many Mainers live in a childbirth desert, having to travel for hours to give birth,” he said in a press release.
“Sen. Mike Tipping introduced the legislation, telling fellow lawmakers he objected to YouTube advertising by CMP and ‘glossy’ fliers mailed by Versant. ‘Ultimately, we’re the ones paying for these ads through our power bills.'”
“We can put a moratorium in place to protect our hospitals from being scrapped and sold for parts as we also work to make sure they have the support they need to continue providing vital services to Maine people,” Tipping said.
The bill put forward by Senator Mike Tipping of Orono looks to increase State funding for UMS and raise the minimum hourly wage for UMS employees.
“For decades, Maine has steadily underfunded its public universities, leading to higher tuition and less investment in young people, research and our collective future,” said Tipping
“It was getting late and I was facing a night without being able to sleep, so I called the only person I could think of: Tipping.
He and his wife, Maggie, who is an occupational therapist, got there 10 minutes later. He fixed my chair while she and I talked through my care and support plans.”Sen. Mike Tipping, D-Penobscot, who drafted the majority report, says the change could make a difference for families.
“These protections would bring down the cost of repairs for Mainers while allowing them to extend the life of their devices,” said Tipping.A bill would raise the income threshold at which certain salaried workers are no longer required to earn overtime pay. Under current law, those making more than $45,300 in salary are not required to be paid overtime, but LD 599, proposed by Sen. Mike Tipping, D-Penobscot, seeks to raise that limit significantly.
Tipping is opposed to the reductions in spending that Mills is asking for to Head Start and stipends for child care workers.
“I would have a very hard time supporting any budget that cut health care or child care,” Tipping said. “That’s a real line in the sand for me.”
“These are the people that we want to stay in Maine, so we should at the very least pay the minimum wage, make sure they can go to the dentist, and that is what the delivery today is about,” said Sen. Tipping.
“I’ve served as a state senator and state representative for northern Penobscot County and I know how important it is to have strong representation of this area in Augusta.
Mike Tipping has proven that he will work for us on basic, bedrock issues like good jobs that pay fair wages and affordable health care.”“Universal school meals, one of the most important steps we’ve ever taken to combat hunger, are now under threat,” Tipping said during a State House press conference. “This bill is designed to meet that threat and ensure we can continue to fulfill the fundamental promise we’ve made to Maine children.”
The bill was introduced by Maine State Senator Mike Tipping (D-Orono), who wanted student representation at the board level and worked with student leaders in crafting the language. These two student trustee seats have full voting rights. They are equal in responsibility and status to every other trustee on the board.
Those arguing in support of the bill focused both on the need for additional state funding for public schools, as well as on the perceived fairness that this surcharge would create within Maine’s tax code.
LD 1301, requires that any denial, delay, modification or adjustment of health care services be made by a human being, not a computer. Specifically, that person must be a clinical peer, competent to evaluate the specific issues involved, said bill sponsor Sen. Mike Tipping (D-Penobscot).
“So we’re at the point where 40 percent of people in Maine have significant ongoing medical debt,” said Maine State Senator Mike Tipping. “It’s a huge issue for thousands of families in the state.”