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America already tried permanent daylight saving time. It lasted less than a year. Could it work now?

  • The House overwhelmingly passed a bill to make daylight saving time permanent, but it still faces Senate hurdles and mixed political support.
  • Many Americans hate the clock changes, yet a 1970s trial of permanent daylight time was repealed after complaints about kids going to school in the dark.
  • New factors like more people working from home and fresh sleep-science research have renewed the debate, while some senators warn permanent DST would mean very dark winter mornings in parts of the country.
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