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Alabama Senate rejects tax plan to cut state sales tax on food and raise income taxes on wealthy
The Birmingham News, Friday, May 09, 2008, DAVID WHITE News staff writer

MONTGOMERY - The state Senate on Thursday refused to pass a plan to let voters remove the state sales tax on groceries while raising state income taxes on many upper-income people, but supporters said they'll try to get it passed on the last day of the session.

The Senate voted 20-11, with three abstentions, to fully debate the tax plan, just short of the three-fifths majority required to pass the procedural motion.

All 20 senators voting to fully debate the plan were Democrats. All 11 senators voting not to were Republicans. Two Democrats and one Republican abstained. One Republican was absent.

>> Read more at Alabama News Page

William Langston Jr., son of former Fire College director, pleads guilty to receiving bogus contract in connection with two-year college investigation - Admits he got $66,000 in no-show job contract
The Birmingham News, Friday, May 09, 2008, BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE News staff writer

GADSDEN - The son of the former Alabama Fire College director pleaded guilty Thursday to receiving $66,000 for work not done at Gadsden State Community College, a no-show job that prosecutors said followed a similar bogus Jefferson State Community College contract.

William Langston Jr., son of W.L. Langston, told U.S. District Court Judge U.W. Clemon during a court hearing that from November 2002 to September 2004, he received payments from Gadsden State through a contract his father arranged.

The younger Langston, who lived near Montgomery, told Clemon the contract was set up for him to be available for legislative monitoring, which included watching television programs, clipping newspapers and being available for the college to use. He told the judge he wanted to plead guilty to a conspiracy count and two counts of mail fraud.

>> Read more at Alabama News Page

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