English-only bill meets resistance</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="English-only bill meets resistance"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="English-only,bill,meets,resistance"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">11-03-2005</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>English-only bill meets resistance</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Maryland, USA (Baltimore Sun): Deeming it a meaningless yet offensive measure, a diverse coalition of immigrant groups and advocates filled a Maryland Senate committee hearing yesterday where they decried a bill to make English the official state language. <br>Federal law in the US requires that state agencies receiving federal funds must, in many cases, provide language assistance to individuals who do not speak English as a first language. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.english10mar10,1,3755197.story?coll=bal-local-headlines " target="blank">www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.english10mar10,1,3755197.story?coll=bal-local-headlines </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show