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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.

Josh Hawley
Happy Hawley days: Missouri senator and family wow the crowd at state GOP ‘Lincoln Days’ celebration

Missouri U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley has found himself on the national stage on myriad issues in his first term – most recently dragging a historic apology out of… Read More

February 22, 2024
2024 election
Mailers from Haley-linked group implore voters of all stripes to vote against Trump in South Carolina presidential primary

The Heartlander has obtained a series of mailers to South Carolina voters prodding “everyone” who didn’t vote in the Feb. 3 Democrat primary to vote against former President Donald… Read More

February 20, 2024
Elections, Missouri
AG candidate Will Scharf: Scrap ‘Missouri Plan’ cranking out liberal judges, crack down on crime, get conservative values over the finish line

Missouri needs to dump the Missouri Plan for the selection of judges, as it’s allowed a third of the state government to be hijacked by a liberal “cartel.”That’s… Read More

February 16, 2024
Missouri Legislature
Hours after horrifying shooting of nearly two dozen at Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl rally, state Rep. Chris Lonsdale posts what a ‘great time’ he had there

As one person lay dead and 21 others were being treated at nearby hospitals after a terrifying shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl celebration Wednesday, a state… Read More

February 15, 2024
Missouri Legislature
Missouri Supreme Court upholds state Senate district maps that a House Republican PAC had strangely opposed

New Missouri Senate districts were handily approved by the state Supreme Court Wednesday, even after a bizarre legal challenge to them by the former director of the House Republican… Read More

February 15, 2024