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Michael Ryan

Michael Ryan is Executive Editor of The Heartlander. A Kansas City native, he’s been an award-winning reporter, editor and opinion writer at newspapers in Kansas, Missouri, Georgia and Texas.

National
DHS anti-terror grant fuels anti-white-supremacy program at Missouri State University, citing ‘radicalization’ due to mostly white population

The city of Springfield and the Missouri State University it hosts are so white that a Department of Homeland Security grant was necessary to combat “White Supremacy Extremists”… Read More

November 10, 2022
2022 election
Kansas Republicans reeling from another governor loss and breezy re-election of a Democrat congresswoman. What happened?

While much of the nation expected a red wave in Tuesday’s election, Kansas very nearly experienced a mini blue wave – with a controversial Democrat governor eking out… Read More

November 9, 2022
2022 election
Experts: Missouri roadways will become more dangerous and deadly if voters legalize recreational marijuana in the Nov. 8 election

More people will die and be injured on Missouri roads and highways if voters approve recreational marijuana in the Nov. 8 election on… Read More

November 7, 2022
Crime
Former Kansas woman handed 20 years in federal prison – with her children’s blessings – for leading an all-female ISIS terror unit

A former rural Kansas woman was sentenced Tuesday to the maximum 20 years in federal prison – at the urging of her own children – for having led an… Read More

November 3, 2022
Local News
Six months after the massive cyber attack on Wyandotte County, taxpayers know little about it – including the cost

Six months after a devastating ransomware attack on Wyandotte County computers was belatedly acknowledged, the public still knows precious little about it. Yet,… Read More

November 1, 2022