February 20, 2021
Mary Beth Crafts, nee Mary Elizabeth Amend, was born Sept. 4, 1941, in New York City (Manhattan). Her parents were Edward R. and Kathryn Quinlan Amend of the Bronx.
At the age of 2, Mary Beth moved with her parents to Bayside (Queens) where she attended Sacred Heart Grammar School. Following her high school graduation from The Mary Louis Academy in Jamaica Estates, the family moved to Slingerlands, N.Y., a suburb of Albany. After receiving a bachelor of arts degree in history from the College of St. Rose in Albany, she was employed as a claims representative by the Social Security Administration, training first in the Albany District office, and then returning to Queens to work in the Flushing District Office. In 1968, she was promoted to a budget analyst position at Social Security Headquarters in Woodlawn, Md.
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Bill to crack down on street racing approved by Senate, now heads to House If passed, the bill gives state troopers the authority to patrol interstate corridors anywhere in Mississippi. (Source: Jameel Smith) By Anthony Warren | February 8, 2021 at 11:47 AM CST - Updated February 12 at 9:00 AM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Late Thursday, the Senate approved a bill that could help cut down on street racing in Jackson.
S.B. 2788 gives the Mississippi Highway Patrol the authority to patrol interstate corridors anywhere in Mississippi.
Right now, state statute limits the highway patrol to interstate corridors in municipalities of 15,000 or fewer.
Lawmakers introduced the bill in response to a New Year’s night street racing incident that went viral on social media.
JACKSON ⢠Mississippi politicians continue to personally profit from their campaign funds, new state filings show, a practice thatâs illegal in many other states and at the federal level.
In November, Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney paid himself $30,000 from his campaign account. âPersonal,â Chaney wrote as the purpose of the expenditure, according to his finance report filed last week.
Before he wrapped up a 16-year career in the state Senate last year, J.P. Wilemon, a Democrat from Belmont, pocketed $12,016 that was leftover in his campaign account, a filing shows.
Lawmakers passed campaign finance reforms in 2017 following embarrassing reports by the Clarion Ledger that showed how officials had spent donations on everything from childrenâs parties, to cars, to an $800 pair of cowboy boots. Yet a grandfather clause inserted into the legislation essentially let the unregulated spending continue â as long as politicians used money raise