PRIVATE HEALTH INSURERS MUST NOW PAY FOR HOME COVID TESTING KITS EACH MONTH. FOX News Radio’s TONYA J. POWERS joins The Morning News with all the details.

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What If Hal Jay was your substitute teacher?

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The Supreme Court has stopped a major push by the Biden administration to boost the nation's COVID-19 vaccination rate, a requirement that employees at large businesses get a vaccine or test regularly and wear a mask on the job.

At the same time, the court is allowing the administration to proceed with a vaccine mandate for most health care workers in the U.S. The court’s orders Thursday came during a spike in coronavirus cases caused by the omicron variant. Dale Carpenter From SMU helps The Morning News understand how this will effect you.

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On top of the loss and grief the pandemic has already caused, we’re now confronting a record surge of new infections: Well over than 250,000 cases a day on average over the past seven days, according to data from John Hopkins University.  That eclipses the previous record set last January. The curve points steeply upward, which means we’re about to enter the third year of the pandemic with no end in sight. What sort of impact is that news likely to have on consumers and workers?

Are shoppers starting to ignore negative news? Despite all the horrible headlines about COVID, the holiday shopping season was a big success.

Has been studying consumer psychology throughout the pandemic // released her latest research on how shoppers are feeling // consultant with decades of experience studying consumers // worked with dozens of well-known and trusted global brands including Walmart, Applebee’s, IHOP, Kimberly Clark, Frito Lay, La Quinta, and 7- Eleven. LISA W. MILLER give The Morning News an update.

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Deborah Ferguson and Steve Lamb tell us about The Fort Worth Stock Show Parade.

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Throwback Thursday time! Plus are thinking about taking a cruise? Stuart Chiron says it could be a great time.

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Dr. Cervantes is a CIC Assistant Professor and Director, MPH Epidemiology Program School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at UNT Health Science Center. Tells us we might be seeing the end of this surge of Covid soon.

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WHY THAT 9 P.M. EMAIL FROM THE BOSS IS MAKING YOU SICK. IS IT TIME FOR ‘RIGHT TO DISCONNECT’ LAWS?

During Danish Yusuf's morning routine, his work phone rarely rings and seldom is there an appointment with his Toronto insurance company staff. The lack of disruptions is no coincidence. Yusuf instructed staff not to plan meetings or send electronic communications early in the morning or after 5 p.m. years ago in hopes of helping staff relax and enjoy their personal lives.  "I have a three-and-a-half-year-old daughter and people will not schedule a meeting with me between 8 and 9 a.m. because that's when I'm giving her breakfast, changing her and dropping her off to daycare," said the chief executive at Zensurance.

With so many people working remotely, the lines between office time and personal time have become blurred.     Of course you don't need a government mandate to put something like this in place.  Is it time for bosses to avoid after-hours emails and texts at all cost?

Workplace Analyst // Heads up The Vested Group JOEL PATTERSON tells us how we can handle this the right way.

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SHAUN NAIDOO takes a look at some of the legal stories making headlines in this weekly segment:

TOPIC 1- STAYING COMPLIANT AND MINIMIZING IMPACT AMID CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

From quarantine and sick leave issues to effects on M&A, the coronavirus is significantly impacting global businesses.  Official guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) along with state and local jurisdictions are changing daily as they adjust to coronavirus issues. Regardless of your industry, you must have a plan for employee wellness. It should include: Personal protective equipment for employees.

TOPIC 2- U.S. CHARGES NEW YORK MAN WITH THREATENING TO KILL DONALD TRUMP

A New York man was criminally charged on Monday with threatening to kill former U.S. President Donald Trump, who he once referred to as "Hitler."  Prosecutors said the defendant, Thomas Welnicki, 72, of Rockaway Beach, threatened to do "everything I can" to ensure Trump's death, and once inquired about Secret Service protection for former presidents and their children.

TOPIC 3- PRINCE ANDREW MAY SELL SWISS CHALET FOR $22 MILLION TO FUND LEGAL BILLS

The question of just how Prince Andrew might be paying his legal bills, or could fund any potential settlement with Virginia Roberts Giuffre, has been a topic of much debate recently.  Now, it appears, the duke of disgrace might be on the cusp of selling his $22m ski lodge in the Swiss resort of Verbier, having paid off a long overdue final installment of $9.1 million to its former owner, Isabelle de Rouvre, 74.

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Twenty-twenty-two is here.  Millions of Americans will be making their New Year’s resolutions.  Most resolutions deal with health, finances, and family.  Yet by February nearly 80% of Americans will have broken their resolutions and by November only 8% will have kept their resolutions. 

Why do we make these resolutions only to fail in keeping them?  How can we do better and keep our resolutions?

bestselling and award-winning author of the book, HEADTRASH // says we fail because we do not let go of past events and setbacks // has a list of tips on how to overcome this and keep your New Year’s resolutions RENIE CAVALLARI tells us how we can keep our new year's resolutions.

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