2025 in Oklahoma
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The following is a list of events of the year 2025 in Oklahoma.
Incumbents
Events
Ongoing: 2025 Oklahoma wildfires[1][2]
- March 11 – 2025 Southwest United States measles outbreak: Health officials confirm the state's first measles case of 2025.[3]
- May 13 – 2025 Oklahoma Senate District 8 special election[4][5]
- June 22
- Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt begins tenure as president of the Conference of Mayors.[6]
- The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Indiana Pacers 103-91 in game seven of the 2025 NBA Finals, winning their second overall championship and the first since the team moved to Oklahoma.[7]
- August 15 – Oklahoma begins issuing a PragerU-developed assessment to teachers relocating to Oklahoma from California and New York, designed with the goal of keeping out teachers the state considers to be "woke indoctrinators".[8]
- August 30 – State Representative Ty Burns (R-Pawnee) announces his resignation from office following his guilty plea on one count of domestic abuse and two counts of assault.[9]
- September 24 – State Superintendent Ryan Walters announces he will resign to lead the Teacher Freedom Alliance.[10]
- October 15 – State Superintendent Lindel Fields announces the state will rescind a plan that would have put Bibles in all public school classrooms and made teachers incorporate it into their lessons.[11]
- October 20 – Three people are shot outside a dormitory at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater.[12]
- November 30 – The University of Oklahoma places an instructor on leave after Turning Point USA criticizes her for giving 0/25 points on an essay about gender. The instructor says the essay, which defends the idea of gender norms and frequently references the Bible, does not "answer the questions for this assignment, contradicts itself, heavily uses personal ideology over empirical evidence in a scientific class, and is at times offensive".[13][14]
See also
References
- ^ "Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts". Watch Duty. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
- ^ "Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts". Watch Duty. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
- ^ "First Cases of Measles in Oklahoma Reported". Oklahoma Health Department. 2025-03-11. Retrieved 2025-08-19.
- ^ "Oklahoma State Senate District 8". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
- ^ "OK Election Results". results.okelections.gov. Archived from the original on 2025-03-05. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
- ^ "Mayor David Holt begins tenure as leader of nation's mayors". City of Oklahoma City. July 8, 2025. Retrieved February 13, 2026.
- ^ Lev, Jacob; Dotson, Kevin; Ronald, Issy; Barton, Jamie; Feldscher, Kyle (June 22, 2025). "The Oklahoma City Thunder win the NBA championship after defeating Indiana Pacers in winner-take-all Game 7". CNN. Retrieved June 23, 2025.
- ^ Serfaty, Sunlen (August 15, 2025). "Exclusive: Oklahoma to begin controversial test to weed out 'woke' teacher applicants today". CNN. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
- ^ Hoberock, Barbara (August 30, 2025). "Oklahoma lawmaker resigns following guilty plea to domestic violence charges". Oklahoma Voice. Retrieved August 31, 2025.
- ^ Lebowitz, Megan (September 25, 2025). "Oklahoma state superintendent who ordered schools to teach the Bible resigns to lead anti-teachers union group". NBC News. Retrieved September 25, 2025.
- ^ Murphy, Sean (October 15, 2025). "New Oklahoma schools superintendent rescinds mandate for Bible instruction in schools". The Associated Press. Retrieved October 16, 2025.
- ^ Hutchinson, Bill (October 20, 2025). "3 injured in shooting outside Oklahoma State University residential hall: Police". ABC News. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
- ^ Fields, Ashleigh (December 4, 2025). "University of Oklahoma instructor on leave after failing grade on gender essay". The Hill. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
- ^ Arsenault, Mark (December 2, 2025). "College Instructor Put on Leave Over Zero Grade for Gender Essay". The New York Times. Retrieved December 5, 2025.