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Permanent DST Means Darker Winter Mornings | Milwaukee News
The House just passed a bill to make daylight saving time permanent — but the Senate still needs to weigh in. If it becomes law, winter mornings will be darker: sunrise in Madison could jump from 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM by December. Sunsets will shift later too, turning early 4:15 PM sunsets into 5:15 PM. Historically introduced in 1918 to save energy, DST faced backlash decades ago — especially over kids walking to school in the dark. Now, experts are watching to see if today’s public will adapt — or echo past complaints about gloomy mornings. It’s a real-time social experiment with big…
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