A retail marijuana bill clears its 1st hurdle in the state senate.Preview: President Joe Biden has given a prominent Virginia politician a pardon for a prior drug conviction. Biden announced the pardon of Democratic House Speaker Don Scott yesterday. Scott was convicted in 1994 and sentenced to ten years in prison. He went on to be elected to the General Assembly in 2019 and was named House Speaker last year.
Some Chesterfield County residents are glad to see their favorite social media app is back online. TikTok returned yesterday after going dark for about 12 hours. Margerie Crawley says TikTok was a ray of light in a really dark time for her and her family. Casey Cassell says so many small business owners use TikTok to make a living, and she tells CBS 6 it's hard to take away something so many people rely on.
It is Blue Monday, the third Monday in January and the day that's supposedly the most depressing day of the year. A pseudoscientific theory invented by a British psychologist in 2005 to promote bookings with a travel firm, the day is said to be when the weight of returning to our post-New Year's routine hits hardest. The joy of the holidays is over, bills are due and for many it's getting tough to keep those resolutions. Some people actually do suffer from what's dubbed the "winter blues" this time of year, a mild form of seasonal affective disorder.