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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.

Kansas City
Alcohol, speed over 100 mph, contributed to fiery crash that killed Park Hill passenger Tessa Walker, authorities say

A car full of teens was traveling more than 100 miles per hour before it crashed early Sunday in Platte County, Missouri, killing 18-year-old passenger Tessa Walker and… Read More

March 27, 2026
Kansas City
Kansas City mayor’s indifference to dangers of all-gender bathrooms draws firestorm of ridicule

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas has drawn national scorn this week for his view that the city’s airport doesn’t need gender-specific bathrooms – even after up to 66 women… Read More

March 26, 2026
Sex Change
Where child sex-change social contagion was birthed, nursed – and the rising rejection of it

(The Heartlander) — As public support for sex changes on minors craters, one has to wonder: How did we ever get to the point where it’s socially and medically acceptable… Read More

March 24, 2026
Kansas
Kansas school choice credits may be doomed if House can’t override likely governor’s veto

Kentucky lawmakers have made federal school choice tax credits available to their residents, with this week’s override of their Democrat governor’s veto of the bill. Kansas lawmakers appear in… Read More

March 20, 2026
Kansas
Cell phone ban to become Kansas law, as other states already see benefits in learning

Ty Masterson has already heard it from a relative in another state: Kansas’ new law banning cell phone use in school will get students’ attention. Literally. Read More

March 20, 2026