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Michael Ryan

Michael Ryan is an award-winning reporter, editor and opinion writer at newspapers in Kansas, Missouri, Georgia and Texas. He was executive editor of Heartlander News from 2022 to 2026.

Internet, Local Government
Johnson County commissioners looking for ways to livestream public comments after new chairman pulls government cameras

A Johnson County, Kansas commissioner has resorted to asking for community volunteers to video public comments at commission meetings, after the new chairman banned them from the government… Read More

January 18, 2023
Education, Local Government
Graduate wages lonely battle against anti-religious, erotic book for 9th-graders in her Kansas City-area school district

Ninth graders in a Kansas City-area school district have been subjected to a book with bawdy anti-religious and erotic passages, its school board was told by a disgusted and… Read More

January 13, 2023
Faith, Kansas City
‘Religion is poison,’ ‘Death to Christmas’: Kansas City Council candidate Chris Gahagan and his virulently anti-religion tweets

A candidate for Kansas City Council has a bizarre record of acid-tipped tweets about religion and religious people, writing in one that, “If you have a religion, your brain… Read More

January 12, 2023
Missouri, Uncategorized
Missouri Rep. Sam Graves to chair House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Here’s what it means

The new U.S. House of Representatives may be paving the way for better roads in Missouri and elsewhere with the ascension of Rep. Sam Graves to the chairmanship of… Read More

January 11, 2023
Business, Missouri
Crime is a major drag on Missouri’s 2023 economic outlook, chamber poll of business leaders finds

Most Missouri businesses are bullish on their own companies for 2023 – but are extremely wary about societal trends in crime, workforce shortages and inflation, according to a new… Read More

January 4, 2023