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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.

Crime
Get out of jail free card: Cashless bail leads to revolving door for criminal suspects in Wyandotte County courts

You play judge: Should this man have been released without bail? Daimon Benson was charged in Kansas’ Wyandotte County court last spring with stealing a Hyundai Elantra – and was… Read More

January 13, 2026
Josh Hawley
Democrat rhetoric endangers law enforcement, while rogue judge cavalierly signed off on spying, Hawley notes

Even without having seen the video of an ICE agent being rammed and shooting the driver, Josh Hawley knows the rules of the road when it comes to law enforcement. Read More

January 8, 2026
Opinion
Democrats inciting leftist zealots to suicidal, seditious acts to maintain electoral edge

Democrats and their leftist minions aren’t just playing with fire. They’re playing with a nuclear bomb inside a volcano during an earthquake. They’re flirting with real… Read More

January 8, 2026
Kansas City
Report: Kansas no longer seeking move by Kansas City Royals

The state of Kansas is no longer interested in luring the Kansas City Royals away from Missouri, a Topeka television station is reporting. Kansas House Speaker… Read More

January 6, 2026
Kansas
Bipartisan K-12 cell phone ban bill hits Kansas Senate, swift passage expected

Kansas Senate leaders of both parties Tuesday proposed a bill banning cell phones in the state’s K-12 schools. In a remarkable show of bipartisanship, Republican Senate… Read More

January 6, 2026