A 2018 move by California to ban some official travel to Oklahoma over what officials there say are discriminatory LGBTQ policies has led the Sooner State's Republican governor to issue a similar ban against the Golden State.
Oklahoma's Republican governor, Kevin Stitt, issued an executive order Thursday that prohibits state employees from"all non-essential travel" to California, with exceptions for Department of Commerce employees traveling for business recruiting.
Also exempt from the ban are school groups, including bands and sports teams, traveling to participate in programs or events in California.Read MoreDuring a news conference Thursday at the state Capitol, Stitt told reporters that"if a state is going to ban travel here, I'm going to reciprocate that, and I'm not going to spend our tax dollars going to conferences and spending money in their state, as well," CNN affiliate KOCO reported.Oklahoma House Democratic leaders Reps.
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