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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is urging the board that oversees Alabama Public Television to delay a decision to sever ties with PBS. The Republican governor weighed in on the controversy Monday in a letter to members of the Alabama Educational Television Commission. She urged them to study the matter in depth. The letter came a day before a planned meeting Tuesday in which the commission is expected to discuss severing ties with PBS. Ivey said the decision should only be made after surveying voter opinion and developing a plan for what comes next. Some board members have pushed state public television to cut ties to PBS.