(NEXSTAR) — We’re less than two months away from the biannual changing of the clocks. Daylight saving time will come to an end, we’ll fall back an hour and the sun will set sooner than it does now.
If some state and federal lawmakers had their way, this would be the last time our clocks would fall back.
While state-level efforts vary in their goals — some want permanent daylight saving, others want permanent standard time, and still others are calling on Congress to act — federal efforts are aimed at setting the nation’s clocks on daylight saving time permanently.
As of early September, there are four bills related to daylight saving time in Congress. Two would put the U.S. on year-round daylight saving time, while two others would allow states to decide whether they want to observe per