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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.

Courts
Landmark Missouri v. Biden case at Supreme Court Monday, exposing ‘disgusting underbelly’ of government censorship, Sen. Schmitt says

Missouri’s lawsuit fighting censorship of conservatives on social media has revealed the “disgusting underbelly” of the Biden administration’s “vast censorship enterprise,” says U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt – who filed the… Read More

March 18, 2024
Free Speech
Landmark Missouri v. Biden case to be argued at Supreme Court Monday, exposing ‘disgusting underbelly’ of government censorship, Schmitt says

Missouri’s lawsuit fighting censorship of conservatives on social media has revealed the “disgusting underbelly” of the Biden administration’s “vast censorship enterprise,” says U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt – who… Read More

March 14, 2024
Gender Transition
Kansas ban on minor sex change treatments, surgeries, advances to likely final approval Thursday

The Kansas Legislature is expected to vote Thursday to join 22 other states in banning sex change surgeries and treatments on minors. The House Wednesday overwhelmingly… Read More

March 13, 2024
Josh Hawley
TikTok spying on Americans while trying to ‘buy Congress’ to prevent national ban, Hawley alleges

TikTok is little more than a “spy app” for the Chinese Communist Party and should be banned to protect Americans’ most intimate information, says Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley. Read More

March 12, 2024
Courts, Kansas
Kansas must use sex at birth on driver’s licenses, judge rules in temporary order

A judge ruled Monday that Kansas must list only sex at birth on its driver’s licenses until a lawsuit over the issue is… Read More

March 11, 2024