Alabama Governor Kay Ivey is stepping into the fight over the future of Alabama Public Television in a letter issued today, urging the board that oversees the network to slow down, follow the law, and listen to Alabama voters before making any move to cut ties with PBS.

Ivey made it clear to the Alabama Educational Television Commission she’s sympathetic to conservative concerns about PBS, but equally adamant that a drastic, unilateral break can’t be rushed through without a plan or a mandate from the people.

“I am writing about the prospect of APT disaffiliating with PBS,” Governor Ivey writes in the letter.

“As Governor, I have worked hard to promote and defend Alabama values from standing up for the sanctity of human life and our rights to religious liberty to standing against DEI, C

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