APR Staff

Tax season is soon coming to an end. Alabamians have until April 15 to file, and there is still time to submit your state and federal income documents on time. Tax experts advise filing electronically. This reduces tax return errors since the tax software does the calculations.

As Distracted Driving Awareness month kicks off, the Huntsville Police Department (HPD) works to promote the national “Put the Phone Away or Pay" initiative. Officers continue to remind drivers across Alabama that even a moment’s distraction behind the wheel can have life-altering consequences.

Nine local agencies serving Huntsville’s most vulnerable residents are getting a financial boost in federal funding. The organizations will receive about $300,000 to help unsheltered populations in the Rocket City.

The 24th annual Auburn CityFest returns to Kiesel Park on Saturday, April 26. The free, family-friendly festival is Auburn’s largest outdoor event. This years celebration will feature circus performers, acrobatics and balancing acts.

Auburn welcomes artists of all styles to take part in an exhibition happening in May. Artwork must center around types/kinds of gardens and things found in gardens are open to personal interpretation. Works may be two or three dimensional in any style.

VOICES for Alabama’s Children is releasing the 2024 Alabama Kids Count Data Book, emphasizing the critical role economic security has in all aspects of children’s lives. It especially highlights the more than 200,000 Alabama children at risk of enduring the long-term detrimental effects of poverty.

An economics expert from Auburn University at Montgomery warns that Alabamians may soon face higher prices at the grocery store and gas pump. This comes as the White House moves to impose tariffs on U.S. imports from Canada, Mexico, China and, more recently, stricter tariffs on steel and aluminum.

Voters in rural Alabama will cast historic votes this November. It’s the first time residents in the newly redrawn Congressional District Two will pick their member of the U.S. House. It took a fight before the U.S. Supreme Court to create the new map to better represent African Americans in Congress.

The “For Every Body” campaign— which encourages healthy lifestyle behaviors and access to resources for all Alabamians, regardless of age, race, size or ability level— is now being launched across the state.

The Associated Press is finishing up 2025 by remembering notable news makers who died this year. One may be familiar to longtime listeners to Alabama Public Radio. Pete Buxton died in May at the age of eighty six. He was the federal health care worker who blew the whistle on the Tuskegee Syphilis experiment.