ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - When journalist Aly Colón began his career, he always made the same request to his editors. Could he please have an accent? Colón, a Puerto Rican native, writes his name with an ...

María Brenes' first name has an accent on the letter “í” — but you wouldn't know that by looking at the Los Angeles resident's government documents. Since 1986, when Californians voted to make English ...

Since 1986, when California voted to make English its official language, residents have not been able to include diacritic marks like accents and tildes in official documents — like drivers’ licenses ...

A push at the State Capitol to include accents and other marks on vital records, like birth certificates in California has taken a solid step forward. And it goes beyond grammar."Being able to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An accent mark on the ...