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  • Órale, the feature this week in Caló is the expression, se la robó. In modern Spanish, it means he stole her. In Caló it means he eloped with her. In that tight knit world, an elopement is a theft, but there’s no victim or perpetrator. Both parties to the elopement, the robón and the robada, bear equal responsibility. All of this said, robos like this do occur; and when they do, both parties talk about it as if they’re both the stolen and the stealer.
  • The waiver clears the way for barriers, roads and surveillance infrastructure, though federal officials have not specified what will be built throughout the project area.
  • Thirteen years ago, when Texas created the tax deal for data centers, state lawmakers expected to lose — at most — $14 million in tax revenue in Texas' next 2-year budget cycle. Now, state projections show it could lead to Texas forgoing more than $3 billion in the 2028-29 biennium.
  • The U.S. will resume limited imports of Mexican cattle on Aug. 24, reopening a trade route that had been closed for more than a year because of the northward spread of New World screwworm. The move comes as tight cattle supplies have pushed beef prices to record highs.