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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.

Missouri Legislature
Did Kansas City Royals, Chiefs stadium deal collapse in Missouri Senate over sex changes for kids?

Did a Clay County lawmaker sink a Kansas City Royals stadium deal that might’ve benefited her constituents – in order to preserve sex changes for minors?… Read More

May 15, 2025
Government
Congressional Republicans working hard to deliver Trump agenda despite conservative doubt, Sen. Schmitt says

Conservatives on X are blasting what they see as a do-nothing Republican Congress endangering a popular GOP president’s bold agenda. “Predicting the midterms is easy,” writes Phillip Buchanan who,… Read More

May 15, 2025
Eric Schmitt
Congressional Republicans working hard to deliver Trump agenda despite conservative doubt, Schmitt says

Conservatives on X are blasting what they see as a do-nothing Republican Congress endangering a popular GOP president’s bold agenda. “Predicting the midterms is easy,” writes Phillip Buchanan who,… Read More

May 14, 2025
Missouri Legislature
Kansas City Royals may announce move to Kansas soon absent incentive package from Missouri, MO governor reportedly tells lawmakers

The Heartlander has learned the Missouri governor told Republican lawmakers he believes the Kansas City Royals will announce their move to Kansas next week unless the Legislature passes… Read More

May 14, 2025
Crime, Kansas City
Kansas City crime crisis earns international infamy ahead of World Cup

A year before it hosts the FIFA World Cup, Kansas City’s crime problem has gained international notoriety with a London newspaper calling downtown a “Mad Max-style hellhole” where residents are… Read More

May 11, 2025