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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Tuesday, May 10, 2016 Opponents criticize Hoyle’s acceptance State to begin new science standards of $250K donation from Bloomberg York billionaire is shocking,” Devlin said in a statement on Monday. “Even more disturbing is that this $250,000 check is an admitted direct payback for a single piece of legislation.” Devlin was refer- ring to statements Hoyle by a spokesman for Bloomberg in a recent article in Willamette Week. According to the Bloomberg spokesman, the former New York City mayor contributed to Hoyle’s campaign out of appreciation for her work to gain passage of bill in 2015 that expanded background checks to all private irearm transfers, with certain exceptions. Brad Pyle, Avakian’s campaign manager, also criticized Hoyle for accepting the Bloomberg contribution on By HILLARY BORRUD Capital Bureau SALEM — The Demo- cratic primary for Oregon secretary of state is growing more contentious, as the May 17 election deadline approaches. Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian and state Sen. Richard Devlin, D-Tualatin, on Monday sharply criticized state Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Eu- gene, for accepting a $250,000 campaign contribution from billionaire gun control advo- cate Michael Bloomberg. All three are running for secretary of state. “At a time when Repre- sentative Hoyle is claiming she will get big money out of Oregon politics, her accepting the largest contribution in the history of a Secretary of State’s race from a New Monday. “The hypocrisy of Val Hoyle is astounding,” Pyle wrote in an email. “While preaching her commitment to reduce the inluence of money in politics she was accepting a quarter-million dollar check from a Wall Street billionaire, silencing the voices of everyday Oregonians.” Hoyle has raised the most money in the Democratic primary with nearly $855,000 since 2015, while Avakian has raised $626,000 in that time frame, according to an anal- ysis of state campaign inance reports. Devlin has raised more than $294,000 since 2015. Hoyle received the contri- bution from Bloomberg nearly a year after the Oregon House test in 2018 passed the gun control bill. Cody Chasteen, Hoyle’s campaign manager, said the campaign was honored to receive the contribution. “I think (Devlin) and commissioner Avakian have received signiicant donations from organizations that have business in front of both of their respective ofices, whether it’s the Ways and Means committee or the Bureau of Labor and Industries ofice,” Chasteen said. “I think those in our eyes are a little concerning.” Devlin is co-chair of the budget writing Joint Ways and Means Committee, and campaign inance records reveal Avakian and Devlin have both received contribu- tions from entities that can be impacted by their decisions such as the health care industry and labor unions. BEND (AP) — Oregon schools will begin teaching new science standards and plans to introduce new a new science test in 2018. Oregon has begun phasing in the new Next Generation Science Stan- dards, which are used by 18 states and emphasize hands-on learning and concepts such as cause and effect or stability and change, The Bulletin of Bend reported. The new standards, which replace Oregon Assessment of Knowl- edge and Skills, were adopted in 2014. Oficials say it’s too soon to tell what the tests will look like, but that the standards move away from memo- rization. “Because there is the expectation of high- er-level thinking skills and the opportunity for students to demonstrate what they know, we would expect that the test would be more than a straight multiple-choice test, which is what we have now,” said Derek Brown, director of assessment at the Oregon Department of Education, of moving tot eh Smarter Balanced tests. Federal law requires schools test students in science at least once in third through ifth grade, once in sixth through Corps: Coal terminal violates tribal rights, won’t permit SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engi- neers on Monday denied a permit to a $700 million project to build the nation’s largest coal-export terminal in northwest Washington state, handing a striking victory to the Lummi tribe which argued the project would violate its treaty-protected ishing rights. The decision ends the federal environmental review of a deep-water port that would have handled up to 54 million metric tons of dry bulk commodities, mostly coal, at Cherry Point. The venture between SSA Marine and Cloud Peak Energy proposed receiving coal by train from Montana and Wyoming for 5,000 members and one of the largest tribal ishing leets in the country. “The record established, and everybody knew, this project would have negative impacts to treaty ishing rights.” Like many tribes, the Lummi signed a treaty with the U.S. in 1855 in which it ceded its land but reserved the right to hunt and ish in “usual and accustomed” areas. Project developers said Monday that they are consid- ering all alternatives. “This is an inconceivable decision,” Bob Watters, pres- ident of Paciic International Terminal, LLC, said in a statement. “Looking at the set of facts in the administrative summary, it’s quite obvious export to Asia. Col. John Buck, commander of the corps’ Seattle district, said the project can’t be permitted because the impacts from the trestle and three-vessel wharf would interfere with the tribe’s treaty rights to ish in its traditional areas. “The corps may not permit a project that abrogates treaty rights,” Buck said. The Lummi Nation said the Corps honored its treaty with the U.S. and recognized that the project would hurt the tribe’s ishing rights. “It’s great news for the Lummi, a great win for treaty rights and Indian country,” said Tim Ballew, chairman of the tribe with more than this is a political decision and not fact based.” Project developers had argued that the most produc- tive ishing for the tribe does not occur near the wharf and that the tribe didn’t provide real evidence that they ished or crabbed a lot in the area, about 100 miles north of Seattle. But the Corps said the tribe showed evidence that members ish near the proposed dock and did so regularly. 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