Images generated by AI are getting so real that child safety advocates say our laws aren’t keeping up. Then, a beloved summer tradition is forced to scale back as DEI backlash hits local festivals. Plus, Buc-ee’s planned expansion near Colorado Springs brings big buzz and big controversy. And a spring celebration pops up in a place that was devastated in the 2013 floods.

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• CPR’s Lauren Antonoff Hart has this week’s Colorado arts spotlight.
• Denverite’s Kyle Harris reports on funding problems for the Juneteenth festival.
• CPR’s John Daley has more on the second case of measles identified in Denver.