Hospital Sues Hospital + New Executive Order Signed By Lamont

Good Wednesday morning Connecticut,

Today will feel like a beach day compared to Tuesday as temperatures will approach 40 degrees! We head back into the ice box on Saturday with high temperatures only in the teens and there is a chance for a snowstorm Sunday night and on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The current odds of snow is 50/50, according to the National Weather Service.

Hospital sues hospital

The Connecticut Mirror was the first news publication to report that Saint Francis Hospital has sued Hartford HealthCare. In the CT Mirror story, it states that Saint Francis Hospital claims in its suit that Hartford HealthCare is "trying to create a monopoly on hospital services by acquiring physician networks, particularly cardiologists, and demanding that they refer their patients only to Hartford HealthCare." (Read much more on the lawsuit in the CT Mirror).

New executive order by Gov. Ned Lamont

Lamont announced that he has signed an executive order related to the COVID-19 emergency declarations (Executive Order No. 14E) that modifies certain state laws in order to provide school districts with greater flexibility to address the current teacher shortage caused by the recent spike in COVID-19 infections by relaxing certain statutory limits on the availability of retired teachers.

The order takes two actions:

1. It allows school boards to reemploy or continue to employ retired teachers, even if they reached the maximum limit permitted under state law while receiving retirement benefits by excluding the period between July 1, 2021, and February 15, 2022, from the salary determination.
2. It modifies certain statutes that allow school districts to hire retired teachers for a maximum of two school years in districts designated as a subject shortage area or identified as a priority school district by excluding the period between July 1, 2021, and February 15, 2022, from being included when calculating that two-year maximum eligibility period.

“This executive order is a critical step to providing much-needed resources to ensure we keep students in the classroom and provide them with an in-person education,” Lamont said. “We are fortunate to have retired teachers available to provide some relief for their colleagues who continue to do great work for school children across our state. We will continue to utilize all tools at our disposal to provide for a safe and meaningful classroom education for students.”

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Current issues on CT's major highways

NORWICH - Road Work on I-395 Northbound between Exits 14 and 21 (7.1 miles) in effect today until 2:56 pm. The right lane is closed. Reported Wednesday, January 12 at 8:56 am.

GROTON - Road Work on I-95 Northbound between Exits 87 and 88 in effect today until 3:49 pm. The right lane is closed. Reported Wednesday, January 12 at 8:48 am.

MILFORD - Road Work on I-95 Northbound between Exits 40 and 41 in effect today until 2:51 pm. The left lane is closed. Reported Wednesday, January 12 at 8:50 am.

WATERBURY - Crash (2 Vehicle) on RT8 Northbound between Exits 33 and 35. The 2 left lanes are closed. Reported Wednesday, January 12 at 8:33 am.

CROMWELL - Road Work on RT9 Southbound Exit 19 Exit Ramp in effect today until 3:30 pm. The left lane is closed. Reported Wednesday, January 12 at 7:04 am.