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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.

COVID-19
Missouri asks judge to ding China for $25 billion for hoarding COVID-19 protective gear after unleashing virus

The Missouri attorney general promises to seize Chinese assets in the state if necessary to settle what he hopes is an unprecedented $25 billion judgment against China for… Read More

January 28, 2025
COVID-19
Biden failed to release COVID origins intelligence as required by law nearly two years ago; Trump starts process in first week

President Joe Biden was required in 2023, by a law he signed himself, to release what the federal government knows about the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic that… Read More

January 27, 2025
Government
Biden failed to release COVID origins intelligence as required by law nearly 2 years ago; Trump starts process in first week

President Joe Biden was required in 2023, by a law he signed himself, to release what the federal government knows about the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic that killed 1.2… Read More

January 27, 2025
Crime, Kansas City
As Kansas City officials promise to get tough on property crime, area thief has 59 convictions

While Kansas City officials pledge a crackdown on out-of-control property crime, one area man has racked up 59 criminal convictions and some 86 behind-bars disciplinary actions mostly on the Kansas… Read More

January 24, 2025
Josh Hawley
Pardons of J6ers should be followed by pro-life pardons, while deportations of criminal illegals is ‘outstanding,’ Hawley argues

There’s no comparison between President Trump’s pardons of J6ers and President Biden’s last-second pardons of his relatives, says Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley in an exclusive interview with The Heartlander. And… Read More

January 23, 2025