L.A. voters’ generosity must make a difference in homelessness

Los Angeles County got a gift from voters. Measure A would pass a half-cent sales tax on the dollar that would provide $1 billion annually to provide services and housing to homeless people. Providing homeless people with the help they need is a difficult, time-consuming and expensive task, but residents clearly still believe in the […]

UAB supporter’s extra generosity brings his total gift to school to $100 million

The University of Alabama at Birmingham announced that one of its most generous donors has once again donated millions of dollars to the school. Dothan's Dr. Marnix E. Hersink has already donated $95 million to the university. Hersink is the namesake of UAB's Marnix E. Hersink School of Medicine, the Marnix E. Hersink Institute for […]