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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.

Culture
Unanimous U.S. Supreme Court delivers huge win for religious expression and free speech

The religious in America are no longer second-class citizens in the public square.  That’s the impact of a remarkable unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruling Monday that held the city… Read More

May 2, 2022
National
Hawley: Gmail and Biden’s ‘Disinformation Governance Board’ try to chill GOP, conservative speech this election

Gmail is already using “loaded dice” to favor Democrat candidates, he says. And now the Biden administration is creating an election-year “Disinformation Governance Board,” which Missouri Sen. Josh… Read More

April 28, 2022
State Government
Wyandotte County cyber attack went on for three days before being reported; officials not ‘laying out’ seriousness of it

A devastating ransom attack on Wyandotte County databases went undetected for two days, then unreported for a third, according to two new sources speaking confidentially to… Read More

April 28, 2022
State Government
In months before cyber attack, Wyandotte County failed to fill an open cyber security analyst job

Months before a damaging ransom attack on Wyandotte County databases, the city-county government had approved a new position of cyber security analyst – but it was never filled… Read More

April 25, 2022
State Government
Sources: Hack of Wyandotte County data was a ransom attack, perhaps by Russian operatives

The hack of Wyandotte County data bases last week was actually a ransom attack, perhaps by Russian operatives, and county officials are severely downplaying the extent of the… Read More

April 24, 2022