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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.

Politics
New gun bill, drafted in private and ‘dumped’ in senators’ laps, restricts gun rights but not criminals, Hawley says

The gun bill now before the U.S. Senate is hastily written, hardly read and threatens the rights of legal gun owners and buyers, says Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley. Read More

June 22, 2022
Christian Schools
Landmark religious liberty ruling Tuesday prohibits denial of public funds to schools based solely on their religion

In yet another landmark case for religious liberty, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday the government cannot exclude religious institutions from government funding based solely on their religiosity. The… Read More

June 21, 2022
Crime, Immigration, Law Enforcement
Big meth and heroin bust takes down ‘large Mexican drug-trafficking organization’ in Kansas City

The takedown of a $4.7 million methamphetamine and heroin operation in Kansas City earlier this month has fueled federal grand jury indictments against 39 defendants, including 20 Mexican nationals,… Read More

June 17, 2022
Biden administration
Biden administration, media, ignoring or downplaying rising violence against pro-life community

An assassination attempt on a conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice. Continued illegal protests outside conservative justices’ homes. And a wave of dozens of attacks and dire threats against… Read More

June 16, 2022
Kansas City, School Shootings
Mass shooting threat closes summer schools in Kansas City area Wednesday; suspect’s arrest means classes back on

Multiple Kansas City-area school districts canceled summer classes and activities indefinitely Wednesday after word Tuesday of a mass shooting threat in the suburb of Blue Springs. School was… Read More

June 15, 2022