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Lock the clock or not? Debate over daylight saving time keeps states from switching

A clock face is inspected before changing the time on the more than 100-year-old clock atop Clay County Courthouse in Kansas. A bill in the Senate would allow states to decide if daylight savings time is best for them. (CHARLIE RIEDEL/AP FILE)
A clock face is inspected before changing the time on the more than 100-year-old clock atop Clay County Courthouse in Kansas. A bill in the Senate would allow states to decide if daylight savings time is best for them. (CHARLIE RIEDEL/AP FILE)
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Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., has been leading the charge to dump the biannual time change for the Sunshine Protection Act that would make daylight saving time the national standard. In remarks on the Senate floor this week, Scott said the bill would allow states to decide what system is best for them. “The American people are sick and tired of changing their clocks twice a year. It’s confusing, unnecessary and completely outdated,” he said.

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