The northern Twin Cities suburb of Lino Lakes has become the first Minnesota city to adopt English as its official language.

The city council Monday night approved a controversial measure barring the local government from translating official city actions and documents into other languages.

Council members called the resolution a common-sense budget matter, but it may have come at a cost.

The resolution isn’t an outright ban on foreign languages. City employees, as well as members of the public, are still allowed to speak in other languages. But it does bar Lino Lakes from spending public dollars on the translation of meetings and materials — unless they deal with public safety, public health, and a host of other exceptions.

See: MPR News

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Council member says declaring English as the city’s official language would save Lino Lakes money on printed material, website (Minnesota)