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The Spot newsletter: Will Denver land the NFL draft?, Colorado legislature in its final sprint, a resolution in the Doug Lamborn ballot battle and more

 

Welcome back to The Spot, where The Denver Post’s politics team captures what’s happening this week — from the Colorado legislature to Denver city hall, with a stop through the halls of Congress in Washington, D.C.


Greetings from this world of chaos that we call Colorado politics, where state lawmakers are rushing to pass major bills in the waning days of this year’s legislative session and the 2018 campaigns have been scrambling in court to get their candidates on the ballot.

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Meanwhile, pit bulls are allowed in Castle Rock now, school kids have been barred from a former nuclear weapons production site in the Denver area and the Denver NFL draft 2019 watch is, like, so underway.

Also — because we are everywhere at every moment — reporter John Frank literally witnessed Colorado Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne getting a very real and very permanent tattoo as part of her bid to become the state’s next governor. (Here’s who is running for governor.)

If you keep reading this newsletter, there’s even a video of the tattoo being administered (I think that’s the right word?) below.

Fresh news: The so-called “beer wars” are back. And without a truce, you won’t be able to drink beer in Denver parks.

Also: Thousands of residents across three metro-Denver counties are about to see the end of a longtime government fee.

State Sen. Kerry Donovan, D-Vail, watches as Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg, R-Sterling, speaks passionately about the right to dig holes and remove roots, while addressing SB18-167(enforce requirements to call 811 to locate underground facilities) before a vote at the Colorado state Capitol on Thursday, April 26, 2018. The legislative session will come to a close on May 9, 2018.

AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post

State Sen. Kerry Donovan, D-Vail, watches as Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg, R-Sterling, speaks passionately about the right to dig holes and remove roots, while addressing SB18-167 (enforce requirements to call 811 to locate underground facilities) before a vote at the Colorado state Capitol on Thursday, April 26, 2018. The legislative session will come to a close on May 9, 2018, and there is still a lot lawmakers are trying to get done.

ROLL CALL

COLORADO: THE STATEHOUSE & BEYOND

DENVER & THE SUBURBS

Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge Southeast ...

Joe Amon, The Denver Post

Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge on May 1, 2018 in Golden. Almost 300,000 students from metro Denver school systems will be barred from school-sanctioned trips to the refuge.

D.C. POLITICS FROM A COLORADO PERSPECTIVE

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Staff writers John Frank, Jon Murray, Mark K. Matthews and John Aguilar contributed to this newsletter.