Michigan voters could decide future of daylight saving time

Should Michigan stick with daylight saving time? One lawmaker wants voters to decide
Michigan has been observing daylight saving time each year since 1973, but one lawmaker wants to let voters decide if the practice should continue.
Michigan lawmaker seeks to place daylight saving time observance on the ballot
Since 2005, the U.S. has called for the time to change on the second Sunday of March and revert on the first Sunday in November. Michigan currently observes the federal schedule for daylight saving time. But that was not always the case, and the state has had a contentious history with timekeeping and time zones.
Michigan's Daylight Saving Time Fate Could Be Decided by Voters in Proposed 2026 Ballot Initiative
Michigan voters may get to decide on daylight saving time's future via a ballot measure proposed for November 2026.
Time to spring forward in Michigan. What to know about Daylight Saving Time
The annual ritual of setting clocks forward one hour takes place overnight. Here's what to know about DST in 2025.
Daylight Saving Time has started
It's a sign of the warmer weather ahead as the sunrise and sunset times move an hour later. The amount of daylight increases around 3 minutes each day this month.
Michigan Senate bill proposes vote on ending Daylight Saving Time
Senator Thomas Albert, R-Lowell, introduced Senate Bill 126 on Thursday, March 6. If approved by the Michigan Legislature, SB 126 would put the question of whether to continue observing daylight saving time on the ballot for Michigan voters in the November 2026 election.
Lawmaker wants Michigan voters to decide on time changes
LANSING, Mich. (WJRT) - A lawmaker from West Michigan believes it's time for voters across the state to decide "once and for all" whether to continue the semi-annual tradition of time changes.
Should Michigan abolish Daylight Saving Time?
Disrupted sleep, early darkness — some of the reasons Jackson neighbors tell me they're in favor of abolishing Daylight Saving Time. Didn't hear much support for the seasonal clock changes.
Get ready to change your clocks! Daylight saving time is this weekend
MICHIGAN, USA — This weekend, clocks all around the country will be springing forward by one hour as we drop standard time and switch to daylight saving time. Although the loss of an hour may make many feel more tired on Sunday, we can look forward to our daylight lasting later in the day.
Minnesota experts and lawmakers weigh in on ending daylight saving time
A sleep expert, lawmaker and former dairy farmer in Minnesota agree that the practice of daylight saving time has run its course.
Nevada lawmakers consider ending daylight saving time
State lawmakers in Nevada are currently reviewing a bill in the Assembly that proposes to end daylight saving time in the state.The bill aims to keep clocks on
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Daylight saving time returns to Philly on Sunday, and the clock-change debate never goes away
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