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The change has lengthened the one-way commute for some from perhaps 40 minutes to two hours, sometimes more.

Mr Gauke told the BBC that the last 30 years have seen "something of a bidding war between political parties as to who is prepared to lengthen sentences the most".

The passage of Proposition 36 — a sweeping overhaul of Proposition 47 — has been projected to lengthen prison sentences, and, consequentially, money for programs the older measure created is expected to dwindle.

Some point to recent government administrations’ disinvestment from mental health services for Dutch youth: Touwen told Undark that services have markedly declined as a result and waitlists for treatment have lengthened.

“There is some evidence that summer dry periods in the western U.S. are liable to lengthen, resulting in longer fire seasons,” Bond said.