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The short-staffed department has ended up spending millions on overtime — and potentially putting it on the hook for costlier future payouts.

But the regulation has met with stiff opposition among growers and local officials who contend costlier alternatives for disposing of waste impose a burden on California farmers and put them at a competitive disadvantage.

Controlling the virus will be much harder and costlier than it would have been when the outbreak was small.

After a new administration has been so publicly defeated, any deal with any nation on any issue will become much costlier and harder to achieve in the remainder of Trump’s four years.

Those efforts can end up costlier than building supportive housing, which research shows is effective in solving homelessness among those with poor physical and mental health and substance use disorders, she said.