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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.

Kansas City
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas cheers Supreme Court’s tariffs ruling. It doesn’t go well for him

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas took to X Friday to herald President Trump’s tariffs loss at the Supreme Court as a case in which “you can’t mess… Read More

February 20, 2026
Eric Schmitt
Schmitt making his mark – as well as Missouri’s – in Trump judicial appointments

As President Trump is putting his stamp on the federal judiciary, so is Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt.Indeed, the latest judicial nominee from Missouri is no less than the… Read More

February 20, 2026
Kansas
Kansas Senate, House override governor’s veto of bill requiring biology-based public accommodations, state documents

Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson promised in an interview with The Heartlander Friday the chamber would make quick work of overriding the governor’s veto of a bill requiring the… Read More

February 18, 2026
Kansas City
Arson at Kansas City warehouse once proposed as ICE detention center earns global headlines

A woman was caught on video Thursday setting fire to a Kansas City warehouse once meant to be an ICE detention center, making international news – and coming… Read More

February 13, 2026
Josh Hawley
Hawley hearing shines rare light on dark money sources funding unrest in America

Billions in federal funds for vulnerable citizens stolen in Minnesota and elsewhere have actually gone on to pay for anti-government protests and riots here, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley announced… Read More

February 12, 2026