{"id":4449,"date":"2023-03-11T13:37:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T19:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/?p=4449"},"modified":"2023-03-11T13:37:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T19:37:17","slug":"weekend-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/weekend-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spring has arrived early this year in North Alabama, or so it seems&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friday March 10th was our midway point through Tax Season. Through yesterday, we had prepared and filed 1,091 tax returns. We have been very busy, and we are almost 100 filings ahead of schedule. At the current rate, we may have to stop accepting NEW clients by March 31st.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Everyone Remember to Spring Forward<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/change-your-clocks-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Change your clocks\" class=\"wp-image-4448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/change-your-clocks-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/change-your-clocks-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/change-your-clocks-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/change-your-clocks.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) made known his support for the Sunshine Protection Act, a bill seeking to eliminate Daylight Saving Time (DST), as he addressed his fellow senators on Monday. Tuberville said adjusting the clock for DST is<strong>\u00a0no longer necessary in present-day society<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAlabamians have overwhelmingly expressed their support for the Sunshine Protection Act, and I promised them I\u2019d continue pushing to do away with the outdated practice of adjusting our clocks twice a year,\u201d Tuberville said in a release. \u201cIt\u2019s time for America to move forward and stop falling back. Congress should listen to the people and make Daylight Saving Time permanent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fall-back-spring-forward-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Fall Back, Spring Forward\" class=\"wp-image-4446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fall-back-spring-forward-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fall-back-spring-forward-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fall-back-spring-forward-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fall-back-spring-forward-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cookco.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fall-back-spring-forward.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring has arrived early this year in North Alabama, or so it seems&#8230; Friday March 10th was our midway point through Tax Season. Through yesterday, we had prepared and filed 1,091 tax returns. We have been very busy, and we are almost 100 filings ahead of schedule. 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