More than three-in-four Texans support making English the official language of the state according to a new poll from Zogby International. The survey found that 78 percent of Lone Star State residents favor legislation that would limit government multilingualism and unite the state under the common language of English. The poll, which was conducted from July 21-23, indicated that just 20 percent of Texans oppose such a bill, with the remaining two percent undecided.

Despite divided opinions on oil drilling, immigration, and the war in Iraq, Americans remain strongly supportive of making English the official language of the United States, according to a new Zogby International poll released today. The survey of 1,039 likely voters found that 79.4 percent of Americans favor official English legislation, with 62 percent strongly supporting such a bill. The survey was conducted July 9-13, 2008 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.

On Wednesday July 23, New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg signed Executive Order 120, requiring every city agency that has direct interaction with customers to provide language assistance in Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Italian and French Creole. The order requires that each agency maintain a Language Access Coordinator to oversee the provision of oral and written translation.