January 19 – The Professional Bull Riders event began the 19th through the 20th at the BOK Center in Tulsa , Oklahoma .[ 1]
February 8 – Sixteen-year-old non-binary Oklahoma student Nex Benedict dies after an incident stemming from repeated bullying due to their gender identity in their high school. This results in backlash towards Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction who has defended Oklahoma's anti-LGBT policies, and calls to investigate Nex's death as a hate crime.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
July 10 – State superintendent Ryan Walters announced the creation of a new social studies A-list executive review committee board which would include notable conservative figures such as Dennis Prager , founder of PragerU , and Kevin Roberts , major co-author of Project 2025 .[ 6]
July 31 – The Osage Nation made history, becoming the first tribal nation to release their own census, covering the year 2023.[ 7]
August 2 – Two students at OSU were drugged while on a trip to Cancun , with what is believed to be fentanyl .[ 8]
August 3 – The U.S. Women's Amateur golf tournament began in Tulsa .
August 7 – Mayor of the City of Edmond , Darrell Davis , announced he wouldn't run for mayor again in 2025, after completing 2 terms.[ 9]
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