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Council for Postsecondary Education President Aaron Thompson, Sen. Gerald Neal, Kentucky State University President Koffi Akakpo and Sen. Chris McDaniel (left to right) discuss Senate Bill 185 after it was passed out of committee in Frankfort.
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The state Senate advanced a bill to implement major reforms at Kentucky State University, which GOP lawmakers said was needed in order to continue funding the historically Black university.
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    Episode 27 of our series, “Democracy Optimist,” hosted by University of Kentucky election law and voting rights research professor Joshua Douglas.
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