Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida is having a language moment in 2026. But what language is it? A new state law requires driving tests to be English-only.

Staff from the Miami Dade Tax Collector's office help people with their appointments as they arrive at a driver license office on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, in Hialeah Gardens. As of Feb. 6, 2026, the ...

Florida is having a language moment in 2026. But what language is it? A new state law requires driving tests to be English-only. Florida, the state with the third largest foreign-born population, ...

Then there is a new play in Miami, “English Only,” which looks back at the language wars in Miami-Dade County in the 1980s amid the Mariel boatlift, and an English-only law on the books for 13 years.