Daylight saving time could become permanent, reigniting a century-old debate in Wisconsin

A bill moving through Congress would put an end to the practice of changing clocks in the spring and fall, instead switching to permanent daylight saving time. Elected officials in neighboring states have raised concerns or voiced opposition to permanent daylight saving time due to later winter sunrises in the northern part of the Midwest. The country already tried this in 1973 when Congress passed an emergency bill to begin year-round daylight saving time in response to the oil crisis. EmailRecent polling shows more than half (56 percent) of American adults favor permanent daylight saving time, versus 12 percent who prefer changing the clocks twice a year and around 40 percent who favor permanent standard time. Kate Archer Kent: Take us back to 1918 when the United States first instituted daylight saving time.