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The following is a list of events of the year 2025 in Oklahoma.

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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 – 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.[6]
  • 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".[7]
  • 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.[8]
  • September 24 – State Superintendent Ryan Walters announces he will resign to lead the Teacher Freedom Alliance.[9]
  • 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.[10]

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References

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  1. ^ "Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts". Watch Duty. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
  2. ^ "Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts". Watch Duty. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
  3. ^ "First Cases of Measles in Oklahoma Reported". Oklahoma Health Department. 2025-03-11. Retrieved 2025-08-19.
  4. ^ "Oklahoma State Senate District 8". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
  5. ^ "OK Election Results". results.okelections.gov. Archived from the original on 2025-03-05. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Serfaty, Sunlen (August 15, 2025). "Exclusive: Oklahoma to begin controversial test to weed out 'woke' teacher applicants today". CNN. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
  8. ^ Hoberock, Barbara (August 30, 2025). "Oklahoma lawmaker resigns following guilty plea to domestic violence charges". Oklahoma Voice. Retrieved August 31, 2025.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Murphy, Sean (October 15, 2025). "New Oklahoma schools superintendent rescinds mandate for Bible instruction in schools". The Associated Press. Retrieved October 16, 2025.