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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.

Opinion
America is on a lightning march toward authoritarianism; media, much of electorate, seem fine with that

There are dark forces inside this country and within the federal government that are more sinister than any in our nation’s history. But what’s truly amazing is just… Read More

June 20, 2024
Kansas City
‘Border war’ back with a vengeance, as Kansas moves to lure Chiefs, Royals across Missouri line

The Missouri-Kansas border war is back on, maybe bigger than ever, with the Kansas Legislature’s decision Tuesday to offer tax incentives to lure the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals… Read More

June 19, 2024
COVID-19
Fauci ‘and his minions’ still lying about likelihood COVID came from Wuhan lab, fiery Hawley argues

Four years after the COVID-19 outbreak, and a year after a deadline for the federal government to come clean on what it knows, we still know precious little about… Read More

June 18, 2024
Energy, Missouri
Feds planning mammoth electric line corridor through Kansas, Missouri, Illinois; are residents informed enough to oppose it?

The Biden administration is taking public comments on a proposed five-mile-wide electric transmission corridor crossing half of Kansas and all of Missouri – but do residents even have enough… Read More

June 14, 2024
Josh Hawley
‘His shoelaces are tied’: House Speaker failing to restore aid for today’s victims of U.S. nuclear waste, Hawley says

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson is still failing to act even as federal compensation for radiation victims expired last week, says Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley. Today’s… Read More

June 13, 2024