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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.

Local Government
Johnson County commissioners embrace child drag show, tampons for men’s rooms, colleague alleges

A Johnson County, Kansas, commissioner is blasting her colleagues for supporting an all-ages drag queen show with a coloring contest for kids earlier this year, and for abiding… Read More

October 29, 2024
Politics
Kansas county commissioners embrace child drag show, tampons for men’s rooms, colleague alleges

A Johnson County, Kansas, commissioner is blasting her colleagues for supporting an all-ages drag queen show with a coloring contest for kids earlier this year, and for abiding men’s-room tampons… Read More

October 29, 2024
Crime, Kansas City
Jackson County prosecutor candidate Tracey Chappell knows all about Kansas City’s crime problem. She hears it from the accused themselves

As a defense attorney, Tracey Chappell hears her clients in surrounding counties actually lament they hadn’t been arrested in Jackson County instead – where the prosecutors are notoriously… Read More

October 28, 2024
Gender Transition
Puberty blocker findings hidden by researcher over fear they don’t support use by kids

A scientific researcher stunningly admits having shelved research that debunks mental health improvements for gender-dysphoric kids taking puberty blockers – apparently because she was afraid what the world might make… Read More

October 25, 2024
2024 election
Prominent Democrat’s common-sense reasons for supporting Trump could be roadmap to common ground

Consider it the “Common Sense/Common Ground Manifesto.” Longtime Democrat hedge fund manager and philanthropist Bill Ackman recently explained, in a 33-point post on X , why he’s breaking precedent… Read More

October 22, 2024