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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
Kansas amendment would allow voters to elect state Supreme Court justices

A proposed constitutional amendment that passed the Kansas House Wednesday would allow voters, rather than left-wing lawyers, to select the state’s seven Supreme… Read More

March 19, 2025
Kansas City
Kansas City manager’s job on line after whopping jury verdict over urging staff to lie to public

The Kansas City Council is set to decide the city manager’s fate Thursday after the city lost a million-dollar lawsuit over his remark that it’s OK to lie… Read More

March 19, 2025
Opinion
Chief Justice Roberts playing with fire, putting entire judiciary’s legitimacy at risk in feud with Trump

What happens when the president has nearly 1,500 federal judges looking over his shoulder – and able to block his every move? What happens when the chief justice won’t do… Read More

March 19, 2025
Faith, Kansas
Kansas church vandalism, satanic ‘black mass’ draw national outrage, including president’s

The president himself has taken notice of a vandalized church in Wichita, while Satanists plan a “black mass” on the Kansas Capitol grounds Friday. The burglary… Read More

March 18, 2025
Opinion
Media miss most profound moment in our lifetimes, but you needn’t miss it

Life moves so quickly today, the news on constant fast-forward, that even the most profound of moments pass in an instant. And perhaps the most profound… Read More

March 17, 2025