Trump bill catastrophic for health insurance, regulators warn

Good morning, Colorado.

I don't know when it happened — if it was slow or if it was quickly — but I have become a coffee snob.

This morning, I dropped off my car at the neighborhood mechanic for an oil change. In a travel mug was my favorite Pablo's Coffee variety, made with beans I measured on a scale before using a grinder to get them to a specific size and brewed with a pour over and electric kettle preprogrammed to the perfect temperature.

I saw the free Keurig coffee offered by the mechanic and scoffed — only to have the sudden realization: Who have I become? Why do I judge others for their coffee preferences?! Do I think so highly of myself that I disdain others?!?

Before I get too lost in the sauce, let's pause to read the news together. All spirals can resume after.

Danika Worthington

Presentation Editor

THE NEWS

HEALTH

Costs will spike, 100,000 Coloradans will lose health coverage if Trump spending bill passes, regulators say

"The ripple effects of this are going to be massive. There won't be any corner of our health care system that won't be touched by what's about to come down."

— Colorado Insurance Commissioner Michael Conway

Insurance is going to cost more and fewer people will have it if the current federal reconciliation bill passes, Colorado insurance regulators are predicting. John Ingold reports on what would be an astonishing rollback of gains since the start of the Affordable Care Act.

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AGRICULTURE

Copper Creek wolf pack has new pups next door to ranch where calves were killed, rancher says

The pack of wolves relocated to Pitkin County in January appears to have new pups in a den near a ranch where calves have been killed, according to rancher Mike Cerveny. Tracy Ross has more, including how Colorado Parks and Wildlife is planning to use roadkill to help keep the pack away from livestock.

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POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

RFK Jr. remarks on autism lead to resignations at Colorado disability nonprofit

When U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said many people with autism will "never pay taxes, they'll never hold a job" and that autism is a "catastrophic" condition that "destroys families," some of the top advocacy leaders of Best Buddies in Colorado wanted the nonprofit to speak up. As Jennifer Brown writes, when they didn't, some supporters left.

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TRANSPORTATION

Uinta Basin Railway backers want $2.4 billion in tax-exempt transportation bonds as construction costs soar

The exploding cost of the railway that would carry crude oil from Utah near vital Colorado waterways has environmental groups concerned that to pay off the debt, operators would require increased drilling and tanker traffic, upping the chances of a catastrophic spill. Jason Blevins has more.

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REVIEW

Old Firehouse Books suggests memoir, romance, floral fun

Each week as part of SunLit — The Sun's literature section — we feature staff recommendations from bookstores across Colorado. This week, the staff from Old Firehouse Books in Fort Collins recommends:

Read what the bookstore staff had to say about each. Pick up a copy and support your local bookstores at the same time.

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Well, that's that. If you are looking for a nice cup of coffee, give Pablo's a try. But any coffee that makes you happy will do.

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