A proposal in the Illinois Legislature to make Daylight Saving Time permanent would mean residents there wouldnt change their clocks twice a year. The Legislature would trade elimination of this minor inconvenience for a world of hassle in border regions like St. Louis and the Metro East, where those who commute across the state line daily would, for part of the year, have to adjust to time changes with each crossing.
There are good arguments both for and against scuttling the biannual changing of the clocks. But as other states talk about doing what Illinois is considering, its increasingly clear that theres no good argument for allowing an inconsistent patchwork in which states are setting their clocks differently from neighboring states for part of the year.
The issue should be settled one way or the other by federal legislation.
