It's not a favorite time of year for a lot of us.

The fall/winter clock change is the bane of existence for us in November. We lose an hour of sleep, it's dark outside longer, it's when we start dreaming about 7:00 p.m. sunsets again.

Both national and state legislation has been brought forward that would end the clock changes. Earlier this year , Illinois renewed a push to establish permanent daylight saving time so Illinois would not switch back to standard time in the fall.

There's been a longstanding push for it in both Illinois and Iowa: in 2021 alone, at least 7 bills were introduced in Illinois House involving daylight saving time, according to KGW . In Iowa, 2 bills have been recently introduced that involve daylight saving time.

On the national level, the Sunshine

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