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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.

Free Speech
Conservative KC college student tells of attempt to cancel her, urges others to stand up, speak out

Speak up without fear, young conservatives. That’s the hard-earned lesson from Richelle Wagner, a conservative student at Johnson County Community College in the Kansas City area, who says she was… Read More

May 29, 2025
Abortion
Judge’s lifting of Missouri abortion ban, restrictions, struck down

The Missouri Supreme Court Tuesday reinstated the state’s ban on most abortions, ruling that a judge’s earlier orders to the contrary were in error. Voters narrowly… Read More

May 27, 2025
Missouri
Missouri senators, mindful of Biden FEMA’s failures, press Trump administration for relief after St. Louis tornado

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is on the ground – and on the clock – after the killer St. Louis tornado May 16, say Missouri’s two U.S. senators. Read More

May 23, 2025
Crime
Kansas City woman part of couple killed in cold blood outside D.C. Jewish museum

The young woman killed along with her soon-to-be fiance in an antisemitic attack outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C., Wednesday night was from Overland Park, Kansas. Read More

May 22, 2025
Politics
25th Amendment should’ve been used to remove Biden from the start, Sen. Hawley argues

Joe Biden never had the capacity to be president and should’ve been removed early on in his tenure despite the media coverup of his health, argues Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley. Read More

May 22, 2025