SEAMAN.
EACH YEAR, FROM
MARCH TO
NOVEMBER.... WE
UNDERGO THE THE
ANNUAL RITUAL
KNOWN AS
"DAYLIGHT SAVING
TIME"
NOW LEGISLATION
UNDER
CONSIDERATION BY
IOWA LAWMAKERS
COULD DO AWAY
WITH THE NEED TO
"SPRING FORWARD"
EACH MARCH...
MAKING DAYLIGHT
SAVING TIME
PERMANENT.
KCAU 9 REPORTER
LYDIA VAZQUEZ
TALKIED WITH
SIOUXLANDERS
ABOUT THE IDEA...
AND WHY ONE
SENATOR SAYS
HE'S PUSHING THE
BILL...
IN OUR TOP STORY
AT 6.
LYDIA
DAYLIGHT SAVING
TIME WAS ENACTED
DECADES AGO.... TO
MAKE BETTER USE
OF DAYLIGHT....
IOWA LAWMAKERS
ARE CONSIDERING
MAKING DAY LIGHT
SAVING TIME
PERMANENT.
BECAUSE, THEY
SAY, ITS WHAT
CONSITITUENTS
WANT... BUT ONLY IF
OTHER STATES IN
THE REGION GET
BEHIND IT.
CHANGING THE
CLOCKS FORWARD
ALLOWS US TO GET
MORE DONE, WHILE
THE SUN IS OUT.
FOR ONE SIOUX
CITY RESTARAUNT,
MORE DAYLIGHT
MEANS MORE
BUSINESS.
"IT WOULD BE A
POSITIVE AFFECT
ON US...JUST
BECAUSE WE HAVE
A PATIO OUTSIDE,
ESPECIALLY
DURING SPRING
SUMMER AND FALL
MONTHS IT COULD
BE UTILIZED ALOT
MORE THAN IT IS
NOW. AS FAR AS
THE BUSINESS
GOES, IT ALLOWS
MORE SUNLIGHT
FOR PEOPLE TO
COME OUT AND
THATS A POSITIVE
FOR US." SCOTT
HILTABIDLE
SOME
SIOUXLANDERS,
LIKE RON OLSEN,
SAYS MAKING
DAYLIGHT SAVING
TIME PERMANENT IN
IOWA WILL ONLY
CAUSE CONFUSION
AND DIFFICULTIES.
ESPECIALLY FOR
PEOPLE WHO LIVE
IN ONE STATE AND
WORK IN
ANOTHER...
"I LIVE IN NEBRASKA
BUT MY WORK IS
ALL CENTERED IN
IOWA AND IT MIGHT
BE AN HOUR AWAY
FROM MY
RESIDENT... SO WHY
WOULD I WANT TO
AGREE TO
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS
TIME IN IOWA ONLY
AND NOT IN
NEBRASKA... I AM
TOTALLY FOR 100
PERCENT FOR
DAYLIGH SAVING
TIME, BUT FOR THE
WHOLE COUNTRY"
RON OLSEN
WE SPOKE WITH
SENTAOR JASON
SCHULTZ WHO SAYS
THIS BILL IS MORE
ABOUT BRINGING
AWARENESS TO
THE IDEA AND THE
BENEFITS IT MAY
HAVE.
"I CALL A BILL LIKE
THIS MORE OF A
CRY FOR
ATTENTION TO AN
ISSUE THAT WERE
HEARING FROM OUT
CONSTITUENTS. I
DONT BELIEVE
WERE GOING TO
SEND THE BILL TO
THE GOVERNOR
THIS YEAR BUT I DO
BELIEVE THE
PRESSURE IS
RISING IN MORE
STATES THAN IOWA
TO MOVE TO A
MORE STANDARD
TIME YEAR
AROUND."
SENATOR JASON
SCHULTZ
SENATOR SCHULTZ
SAYS ITLL BE VERY
DIFFICULT FOR ONE
STATE TO DO IT BY
ITSELF. IT'LL TAKE
COORDINATION,
BUT SAYS
CONSITIUTENTS
ARE THE ONES
PUSHING FOR THIS
BILL.
"ALL OF THE
PHONECALLS IVE
RECEIVED FROM
CONSTITUENTS
ABOUT ENDING THE
TIME CHANGE
EVERY 6 MONTHS
WAS THAT THEY
WANTED MORE DAY
LIGHT AT THE END
OF THE DAY...SO
THEY SAID THEIR
BIGGEST PROBLEM
WITH TIME CHANGE
IS WHEN THEY LOSE
DAYLIGHT AT THE
END OF THE DAY
AFTER WORK"
"
LYDIA
SENATOR SCHULTZ
SAYS HE BELIEVES
THE REGION, OF
THE NOT THE
ENTIRE COUNTRY,
WILL EVENTUALLY
MOVE TO A
STANDARD TIME
AND STAY THER,E
YEAR AROUND.
LYDIA VAZQUEZ
KCAU 9 NEWS
TIM:
THE FUTURE OF
SCHOOL REQUIRED
VACCINATIONS... IS
UP FOR DEBATE
WITH SOUTH
DAKOTA
LAWMAKERS.
HOUSE BILL 12-35