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This week on Capitol Chat: The pros and cons of calling a Constitutional Convention

WUKY | By Alan Lytle
Published February 24, 2026 at 8:05 AM EST
FRANKFORT, Feb. 18 – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (left) and Rep. Jason Petrie, R-Elkton, present House Concurrent Resolution 45, a proposal related to the federal budget, during Wednesday’s House Committee on Elections, Constitutional Amendments
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FRANKFORT, Feb. 18 – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (left) and Rep. Jason Petrie, R-Elkton, present House Concurrent Resolution 45, a proposal related to the federal budget, during Wednesday’s House Committee on Elections, Constitutional Amendments

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis traveled to Frankfort last week to encourage Kentucky to join an effort to amend the US Constitution to require a balanced federal budget. In this week's Capitol Chat, Kentucky Gazette editor and publisher Laura Cullen Glasscock talks about the perils, promises and pitfalls that could ensue should the commonwealth choose to embark on that route.

Show links:

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hcr45.html

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hjr51.html#:~:text=A%20JOINT%20RESOLUTION%20applying%20for,government%20officials%20and%20members%20of
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