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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 Senate, House override governor’s veto of bill requiring biology-based public accommodations, state documents

Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson promised in an interview with The Heartlander Friday the chamber would make quick work of overriding the governor’s veto of a bill requiring… Read More

February 18, 2026
Kansas City
Arson at Kansas City warehouse once proposed as ICE detention center earns global headlines

A woman was caught on video Thursday setting fire to a Kansas City warehouse once meant to be an ICE detention center, making… Read More

February 13, 2026
Josh Hawley
Hawley hearing shines rare light on dark money sources funding unrest in America

Billions in federal funds for vulnerable citizens stolen in Minnesota and elsewhere have actually gone on to pay for anti-government protests and riots here, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley announced at… Read More

February 12, 2026
Josh Hawley
Hawley blasts cell phone company’s actions in perhaps US’s worst political scandal ever

The Biden administration’s 2020 “Arctic Frost” spying on Republicans in Congress and hundreds of conservative citizens may be the worst political scandal in… Read More

February 11, 2026
Missouri
St. Joseph teacher defends vulgar anti-ICE posts, calls report of them ‘political attack’

A St. Joseph, Missouri third-grade teacher is now claiming a Heartlander story on his profane social media posts is “a politically motivated attack.” The Heartlander… Read More

February 9, 2026