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Sandra May, 83, is suing Honolulu after being fined nearly $600,000 due to a glitch on a rental listing site that showed availability but didn't allow bookings. The city placed a lien on her home and blocked her license renewal. Her lawyers argue the penalty violates the Eighth Amendment's excessive fines clause.
Moloka'i's cattle industry is collapsing under a quarantine over bovine tuberculosis, with the island's bovine population dropping from over 10,000 in the 1980s to about 220. Ranchers threaten to stop TB testing, demanding better communication and an end to herd culling. The only slaughterhouse now processes just one or two cattle per month.