Source: Laura Leslie, WRAL, 4/21/21

 State lawmakers are trying again this year to pass a bill keeping North Carolina on Daylight Saving Time year-round. The sponsor says it's meant to send a message to Congress. House Bill 307 would create a "North Carolina Time Zone" that would keep the state on "spring forward" time all year, doing away with "falling back" to Eastern Standard Time each November if the federal government authorizes states to do so. Fifteen other states have passed similar bills, including many in the Southeast.

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