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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.

National
Hawley, other Republicans, call for a more unified and battle-ready GOP, especially after FBI raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago. Says one: ‘We’re at war’

Conservatives had better start showing more fight. That’s the message Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley had for his Republican colleagues in a tweet Monday morning, after Senate Democrats Sunday… Read More

August 9, 2022
Opinion
Bleeding Kansas: What will the state look like after the coming surge in abortions and decrease in regulations?

If there is any good that comes from the defeat of the Kansas abortion regulation amendment Tuesday, it ironically may be the bad that comes of it. Devastated… Read More

August 5, 2022
National
FBI wants to snoop into Missouri gun owners’ confidential records. Here’s what a Missouri senator and attorney general think of that

The FBI is snooping around Missouri gun owners’ records for some reason, and U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley demands to know why. He said he plans to question FBI… Read More

August 3, 2022
Opinion
COLUMN: Are we in a culture war in America? If so, can the media bring themselves to report on it fairly?

What would you say is the state of the Union at this point?Well, let’s take a look at it.Racial and sexual indoctrination in public schools. Treating concerned… Read More

August 3, 2022
Culture, Opinion
Are we in a culture war in America? If so, can the media bring themselves to report on it fairly?

What would you say is the state of the Union at this point?Well, let’s take a look at it.Racial and sexual indoctrination in public schools. Treating concerned… Read More

August 3, 2022