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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.

Missouri, Politics
Missouri House GOP PAC changes leadership after exposé – will it also withdraw its support for Democrat-led court redistricting case?

Missouri’s House Republican Campaign Committee is moving on from its executive director at the end of the month, after a Heartlander look Wednesday… Read More

December 22, 2023
Missouri, Politics
PAC to elect Republicans to Missouri House spends $765,000 on consultant while losing seats; former representative explains why

A Missouri House political action committee has spent over three quarters of a million dollars on a consultant to elect Republicans since 2018 and has actually lost ground. Read More

December 20, 2023
Culture
Do the times try your soul? Both the condition and the cure can be found here

When the American revolutionary Thomas Paine penned the ageless words “These are the times that try men’s souls,” he also wrote the following… Read More

December 18, 2023
Josh Hawley
‘Indefensible’: Josh Hawley channels Jimmy Stewart in fight to get atomic bomb-era radiation victims compensation

In something of a Mr. Smith Goes to Washington moment, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley is pledging to keep hope of compensation alive for victims… Read More

December 15, 2023
Josh Hawley
‘One giant crime syndicate’: Hunter Biden should be in jail after brazenly defying Congress’ subpoena over alleged influence peddling, Hawley argues

Hunter Biden “is a criminal” and belongs behind bars after defying a congressional subpoena, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley said in an interview with The Heartlander Thursday. Meanwhile, a Biden judicial… Read More

December 14, 2023