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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
Parents upset with Disney’s leftward lurch have a wholesome alternative in Missouri’s Silver Dollar City amusement park

With Disney’s odd opposition to parental rights in Florida – and a company executive’s pledge to include “many, many” characters of various sexual categories in its productions from now on –… Read More

April 5, 2022
National, State Government
Even in beet-red Missouri, university professors overwhelmingly support Democrat candidates and causes. Why?

University of Missouri students couldn’t get a more Democrat-leaning group of faculty and administrators if they were being schooled directly by the Democratic National Committee. That’s not an exaggeration, according… Read More

April 5, 2022
National, State Government
Missouri and Kansas join 19 other states in suing to end the Biden administration’s mask mandates on public transportation

Attorneys general for Missouri and Kansas Tuesday joined a lawsuit with 19 other AGs seeking to end the Biden administration’s lingering mask mandate on planes, trains and buses. Read More

March 29, 2022
State Government
Car, home and business break-ins are plaguing Kansas City residents. What you can do about it

After a stunning 40 vehicles in Grandview, Missouri and 70 in nearby Overland Park, Kansas were broken into last week by brazen burglars,… Read More

March 28, 2022
Culture
Parental rights bill signed by Florida governor, while conservatives at Disney note a climate of political fear

Gov. Ron DeSantis Monday signed Florida’s historic parental-rights bill protecting kids in grades K-3 from sexual and gender instruction in schools. The bill has inspired mania on the left, and… Read More

March 28, 2022