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UPike Compromise in the Works

A compromise on the contentious issue of making the University of Pikeville a public school is being worked out behind the scenes of this year's General Assembly. The potential plan would use coal severance tax money that had been envisioned for UPike to fund a new financial aid program for aspiring students from coal-producing counties, Western Kentucky University President Gary Ransdell said Wednesday.

 

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