Ibby Caputo is a journalist based in the Ozark Mountains who is covering the 91st Arkansas General Assembly for ANNN with a special focus on education and tax issues. She was a 2014-2015 MIT-Knight Science Journalism Fellow and covered health care, transportation, and breaking news as a reporter for WGBH’s Boston Public Radio and WGBH TV. Her work has aired on The World, NPR News, Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Marketplace Morning Report, and Marketplace Tech. Her journalism, essays and photography have been published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, Cape Cod Times, The Times-Picayune, theAtlantic.com and elsewhere. Ibby received an award for hard news and was part of the team that won an award for investigative reporting, both from The Associated Press. She is an adjunct professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and is a recurring guest speaker at the Harvard Divinity School. Ibby received her B.A. from Princeton University and an M.S. from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
A bill that would expand the number of private schools eligible to participate in a special-needs education voucher program passed on a voice vote with no dissent in the House Education Committee Thursday.
A bill that would decrease the number of weeks laid-off employees could receive unemployment benefits passed in the House 62-26 on Wednesday.
Governor Hutchinson's proposal to create a grant that would pay for tuition and fees for students at Arkansas community or technical colleges failed to pass the Senate Education Committee in a 4-4 vote Wednesday. The committee's three Democrats voted against the bill, along with one Republican. It needed five votes to advance.
A bill aimed at collecting sales tax on online purchases failed to pass an Arkansas House committee on a 6-2 vote Tuesday.
Last week, Amazon announced it planned to voluntarily collect sales tax in Arkansas starting in March. Now, a bill filed in the House seeks to dedicate that revenue to reducing income tax.
A bill that would require shoppers to pay Arkansas sales tax on online purchases passed in the House 54-26 Tuesday. House Bill 1388 would require out-of-state online retailers who do not already collect sales and use tax in the state…
Arkansas is one step closer to casting a wider net when it comes to collecting sales tax. A bill aimed at raising state revenue through the collection of sales and use tax on online purchases passed 23-9 in the Senate…
Two bills aimed at raising state revenue through the collection of sales and use tax on online purchases cleared their first hurdles this week.
Two joint resolutions filed in the Arkansas Senate call for constitutional amendments that would fundamentally alter oversight of the public school system and the balance of powers between the branches of state government. If either is approved by the legislature, it would appear on the 2018 ballot for consideration by voters.
A bill that would exempt military retirement pay and survivor benefits from state income taxes passed in the House 75-14, with 8 voting present. The Senate version of the bill also passed in the Senate Revenue and Tax Committee. State…
The House passed Governor Hutchinson’s plan to alter the funding formula for higher education by 80-10, with 3 voting present. The bill, filed by Rep. Mark Lowery (R-Maumelle), would send state dollars to public colleges and universities based on performance. The…
A bill that would exempt military retirement pay and survivor benefits from state income taxes passed on a voice vote with no dissent in the House Revenue and Tax Committee Thursday.
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