John P. Tuman In The News
The Nevada Independent
Dean Heller claims he’s the only barrier between Nevadans and the revival of Yucca Mountain as a repository for nuclear waste. The question is whether he can be that bulwark during a difficult re-election campaign.
PSNow
Ted Jelen, a professor credited with helping raise the profile of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) political science department over the past two decades, died Tuesday after a lengthy illness. He was 65.
The American Spectator
After violence pierces U.S. cities and towns, Americans come together. Later politics can drive them apart.
Newsmax
Nevada's Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site is returning to prominence on the Washington agenda, according to The Hill. President Donald Trump sought $120 million in his fiscal 2018 budget for restarting the licensing process for the repository, and Secretary of Energy Rick Perry also defends the project, The Hill reported.