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Texas lawmakers mull ending daylight saving time

  • Texas lawmakers are working to end the practice of changing clocks twice a year, with several bills filed to adopt either standard time or daylight saving time year-round.
  • State Senator Judith Zaffirini's bill proposes adopting standard time year-round, while Representative Will Metcalf's bill aims for year-round daylight saving time.
  • A survey by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine shows that half of Americans support eliminating seasonal time changes, with sleep experts advocating for standard time due to health benefits.
  • Zaffirini stated, 'The twice-a-year clock change is disruptive and unnecessary,' highlighting concerns over health effects and productivity linked to time changes.
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Spring forward? Maybe not in Texas as lawmakers mull ending daylight savings time

MCALLEN, Texas (AP) — Texas lawmakers are reviving efforts to eliminate the decades-long practice of changing the clocks twice a year. Several members of the Texas House and Senate have filed legislation meant to put an end to the seasonal tradition of losing an hour of sleep in the spring due to the start of daylight saving time, only to gain the hour back in the fall when clocks revert back to standard time. Texas is on standard time right now…

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Spring forward? Maybe not in Texas as lawmakers mull ending daylight saving time

MCALLEN, Texas (THE TEXAS TRIBUNE) - Texas lawmakers are reviving efforts to eliminate the decades-long practice of changing the clocks twice a year. Trump wants to end daylight saving time: We’ve tried before — here’s what happened Several members of the Texas House and Senate have filed legislation meant to put an end to the seasonal tradition of losing an hour of sleep in the spring due to the start of daylight saving time, only to gain…

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Texas lawmakers mull ending daylight saving time

Several members of the Texas House and Senate have filed legislation meant to put an end to the seasonal tradition of losing an hour of sleep.

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Spring forward? Maybe not. Texas lawmakers mull ending daylight saving time

A federal judge in Rhode Island on Monday said that the Trump administration had violated his order halting a sweeping federal funding freeze and ordered the government to “immediately restore frozen funding.” U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell handed down the order after the plaintiffs in the case, a coalition of 22 states, said the government had not restored funding in several programs despite his Jan. 31 order temporarily halting the wide…

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Spring forward? Maybe not in Texas as lawmakers mull ending daylight savings time.

By Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune Feb. 10, 2025 “Spring forward? Maybe not in Texas as lawmakers mull ending daylight savings time.” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas T…

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Spring forward? Maybe not in Texas as lawmakers mull ending daylight …

Lawmakers here and in Washington have long debated ending the practice of changing the clocks twice a year.

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