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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.

Josh Hawley
Hawley: How can Johnson continue as House speaker after owning botched ‘stink bomb’ spending bill?

The U.S. House needs new leadership after the thunderous crash of its badly bungled, larded-up spending bill, says Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley. In a scorching rebuke… Read More

December 19, 2024
Eric Schmitt
Schmitt lauds collapse of House ‘1,500-page monstrosity’ spending bill, Musk’s apparent role in defeating it

It’s a very good thing the House’s mammoth, pork-filled year-end spending bill “collapsed under its own weight” Wednesday, and that Elon Musk’s growing influence helped accelerate the crash,… Read More

December 19, 2024
Crime, Kansas City
Kansas City suspect who repeatedly evaded prosecution by Wyandotte County pleads guilty to later killing two of its deputies

A Kansas City man who evaded prosecution in a string of other killings and violent crimes has now pleaded guilty to subsequently murdering two Wyandotte County, Kansas, sheriff’s… Read More

December 17, 2024
Congress, Missouri
Cori Bush’s far-left radical group ‘never small,’ she claims to near-empty House

Outgoing congresswoman Cori Bush of Missouri claimed in her farewell speech that her infamous far-left “squad” was “never small.” All evidence to the contrary, however, as… Read More

December 16, 2024
Missouri Legislature
Early-filed bills indicate historic Missouri legislative session coming

All signs point to a historic session starting next month for the Missouri General Assembly. The state would define a man and a woman, abolish the… Read More

December 13, 2024