ALT New Jersey Monitor Part of States Newsroom Making daylight saving time permanent is a bad idea Terrence T. McDonald October 16, 2026 11:16 am A measure state lawmakers advanced on Thursday is an example of what I’m calling the Trenton Trifecta. It’s dumb. It’s bad. And it’s pointless. We very often get bills that are one of those, but it’s rare for them to qualify for all three. I’m talking about the bill to make daylight saving time permanent if Congress authorizes states to do so. Look, I get it. Changing clocks twice a year can be annoying. But there are more annoying chores I have to do far more often; it would not occur to me to seek a change in state law so I can avoid doing them. Dark afternoons are also a bummer. But we would not gain any sunlight by making daylight saving time permanent, because we cannot command the sun to give us more daylight. Yes, our afternoons would stay brighter longer but our mornings would stay darker later. Winter sunrises would largely…